"A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision."

-- Lord Acton

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“Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise - that which is common to you, me, and everybody.”

Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.78, Psychology Press
“Killing for ideas is the most dangerous form of killing at all. Being willing to die for your ideas rather than your country is another concept, but dying for an idea, like in religion, is absurd.”
“I think filmmakers, in general... There are some awesome, really great filmmakers - but on the whole, filmmakers, actors, I think they are the biggest bunch of whiny, over-paid babies on the planet.”
“I'm the author of my own misery.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.”
“She was the only doctor's wife in Branford, Maine, who hung her wash on an outdoor clothesline instead of putting it through a dryer, because she liked to look out the window and see the clothes blowing in the wind. She had been especially delighted, one day, when one sleeve of the top of her husband's pajamas, prodded by the stiff breeze off the bay, reached over and grabbed her nightgown around the waist.”
“generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands.”
“People feel optimistic. Look at the jobs report.”

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