"Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue."

-- Aldous Huxley

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“Thus when a barber and a collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier-white; The dusty collier heaves his ponderous sack, And big with vengeance beats the barber-black. In comes the brick-dust man, with grime o'erspread, And beats the collier and the barber-red: Black, red, and white in various clouds are tost, And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost.”
“We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.”
“I'm a great reader of history. I love - I have been reading history since I was a kid, and learning the lessons globally of what happened with people.”
“A glad zest and hopefulness might be inspired even in the most jaded and ennui-cursed, were there in our homes such simple, truthful natures as that of my heroine, and it is in the sphere of quiet homes-not elsewhere-I believe that a woman can best rule and save the world.”
“The stage is not for me to practice. I'm not that artist. You practice at home and when you get on stage, it's time for a conversation.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.”
“You been to school, you say you are a lawyer, you walked out of a magazine. I've been a drifter and a low-life loser, you can learn a lot from me.”

Source : Billy Joe Shaver, Brad Reagan (2005). “Honky Tonk Hero”, p.187, University of Texas Press
“The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle!”

Source : James Finn Garner (2011). “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories”, p.9, Souvenir Press

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