"The United States needs serious change in its fiscal, entitlement, infrastructure, immigration, and education policies, among others. And yet a polarized and often paralyzed Washington has pushed dealing with these problems off into the future, which will only make them more difficult and expensive to solve."

-- Fareed Zakaria

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“As technology advances at an alarming pace, the place of drawing remains as valid as ever in the creation of art and architecture.”
“When actors get pigeonholed, that's their own doing to a large degree. Because if you do something that people like, obviously they're going to ask you to do it again. It's up to you to say no. If you're that insecure about working, you'll probably do what you're known to do.”
“Leaving [from EU] will allow us to return real democratic control to important areas of national life; from international trade, the right to work and live in Britain to business regulation.”
“Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more. The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn't his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter?”
“Mountain biking helps people become environmentalists. A mountain bike is a vehicle to appreciate the backcountry.”
“I shall be honored to go to jail. Under a dictatorship, the detention cell is a place of honor.”
“A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Elmore Leonard" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 16, 2014.
“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.”

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