"Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world."

-- Cesare Pavese

#Life Quotes #Luxury Quotes #World Quotes

“You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.”
“I prayed the Lord would sort (my prayers) out and answer as needed. Above all that he would hurry.”
“Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.”
“Without popular fear, no government would endure more than twenty-four hours.”

Source : Robert Higgs (2007). “Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government”, Independent Inst
“Impertinence will intermeddle in things in which it has no concern, showing a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence.”
“Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.”
“The message of this band [All Time Low] is go out and do what you want to do and believe in yourself and that it's okay to do that. It's okay to be who you are.”
“What I could really use is an older man. A mentor. One who could tell me how things fit together. He would have asked me to do chores that I felt were meaningless. I would have been impatient and protested, but done them nonetheless. And eventually, after several months of hard labour, I would have realised that there was a deeper meaning behind it all, and that the master had a cunning plan all the time.”

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