"The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had become legendary figures in the public imagination-vast, overshadowing behemoths whose colossal power seemed to reach everywhere."

-- Doris Kearns Goodwin

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“I think that if I were required to spend the rest of my life on a desert island, and to listen to or play the music of any one composer during all that time, that composer would almost certainly be Bach. I really canâ€™t think of any other music which is so all-encompassing, which moves me so deeply and so consistently, and which, to use a rather imprecise word, is valuable beyond all of its skill and brilliance for something more meaningful than that â€” its humanity.”
“No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.”
“I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“I don't know what's coming next and neither does anyone else. It's something that we do have to face but the thing is that a lot of people don't want to face it. And there's denial. If somebody says it, like me, everybody feels a little better that they can discuss it.”

Source : Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
“I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.”
“I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.”
“Never wear a red t-shirt to Target. I enjoy helping people, but not every two minutes.”
“Publishers see free downloads as threatening the sales of the book.”

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