"Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality."

-- Walter Legge

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“After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.”

Source : Russ Carnahan's remarks at the United States House of Representatives (October 28, 2005), as quoted in "Congressional Record, Volume 151 - Part 18: October 27, 2005 to November 7, 2005 (Pages 23969 to 25296)" by Government Printing Office (p. 24193), 2010.
“The government doesn't really prosecute for polygamy anymore, but a lot of the arrests are of groups supporting themselves through welfare scams or for child abuse. So that was all I'd really heard about polygamists.”
“People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves.”
“I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.”
“I think that there is just a deep and abiding sexism that's part of your life from the moment that you're conscious as a female.”
“I really love eating, so I love reading about food, and I religiously read the dining section in newspapers.”
“Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.”
“All I can say is practice, you never know what you might do.”

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