"The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit."

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Source : Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.20, The Forlorn Press

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“Madonna is the ultimate pop star of all time, hands down.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“It gets better. It gets so much easier to be in your skin no matter what size that skin is. If you do something that you're good at and that makes you happy, that's the best outlet that I could ever suggest to anybody....if you are able to just enjoy who you are, and if you can learn to love who you are, then you'll just be a much happier person.”

Source : "The secret diary of Claire Danes" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.
“Being faithful in that which is another man's qualifies us to receive our own.”
“When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?"”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I think that love is more like a light that you carry. At first childish happiness keeps it lighted and after that romance. Then motherhood lights it and then duty . . . and maybe after that sorrow. You wouldn't think that sorrow could be a light, would you, dearie? But it can. And then after that, service lights it. Yes. . . . I think that is what love is to a woman . . . a lantern in her hand.”
“I love seeing original cartoons. You get to see the artist's corrections, like erasures or Wite-Out or patches, and you get to see the artist's line in better detail, and what kind of ink they use - whether they like a cold black or a warm black, and what kind of paper they like, how big or small they like to draw - art nerd stuff like that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Saturday was 90 minutes when people would judge whether we were the real deal”
“The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell.”

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