"The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," it is greatness itself."

-- Christian Nestell Bovee

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“In art, you CAN crash your plane and walk away from it”
“Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.”
“February is a month of months, and there is one special day: Valentine's Day on the 14th. I know it's still a ways off, but I just can't wait. Janice, if you're watching, will you make me the happiest man in the world and get out of my apartment?”
“Grief is like a wheel that goes around and around the world.”
“Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.”
“The tree of nonsense is watered with error, and from its branches swing the pumpkins of disaster.”

Source : "The Gone-Away World". Book by Nick Harkaway, June 2008.
“I find it so amazing when people tell me that electronic music has no soul. You can't blame the computer. If there's no soul in the music, it's because nobody put it there.”
“But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.”

Source : Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.35, Cato Institute

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