"This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another."

-- John Hodgman

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“We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide". Interview with Nicolas Rossier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.
“When you are dancing with your partner, for that two and a half minutes, you are in love with each other. You're corresponding with each other by the moves that you make. It's a love affair, between you and your partner and the music. You feel the music, you feel your partner, she feels you and she feels the music. So there the three of you are together. You've got a triangle, you know. Which one do you love best?”
“You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man.”
“Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.”
“Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?”
“The more profound problem, however, is the degree to which many academic intellectuals, especially in the humanities, have lost their ability to distinguish the 'state' from 'society'.”
“I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.”
“Running made me feel like a bird let out of a cage, I loved it that much.”

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