"Just as liberalism is the main force that drives conservatism and maintains its popularity in some quarters, conservatism is the reason liberalism continues to enjoy the traction that it does in our poor civilization."

-- L. Neil Smith

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“"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.”
“It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.”
“God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.”
“Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it, soon or late.”
“I've always been interested in definitions, because in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are there but there's no real clear definition of what sin is, in a fundamental sense - how we can use the words to evaluate our lives as we go along: Am I doing something that is ethically good? Am I being worthwhile in my life at this moment?”
“Style for me is a casual way of putting something on. It's not thought out but needs to suit your way of life. Now I like wearing the same sweater over and over again, then taking it off when it's smelly.”

Source : "Charlotte Gainsbourg Is Not a Style Icon" by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, www.wsj.com. February 23, 2012.
“I'm not like anybody else. I'm like an American princess.”
“One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.”

Source : "Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee", www.cnn.com. February 3, 2009.

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