"What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity."

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Source : "The Fifth Blade" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. May 11, 2009.

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“If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you.”
“My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.”
“The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.”

Source : Karen White (2011). “The Beach Trees”, p.107, Penguin
“There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.”
“Without action, words are just words. Without violence, laws are just words. Violence isnâ€™t the only answer, but it is the final answer.”

Source : Luther Campbell, John Ramsey Miller (1992). “As Nasty As They Wanna Be: The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew”, Barricade Books Incorporated
“I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].”
“The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.”
“I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school.”

Source : "Hanging with Mean Girls 2 Nicole Anderson". Interview with Seventeen, www.seventeen.com. January 25, 2011.

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