"To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself...Anybody can have ideas--the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph."

-- Mark Twain

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“The important thing is allowing the whole world to wake up. Part of allowing the whole world to wake up is recognizing that the whole world is freeâ€”everybody is free to be as they are. Until the whole world is free to agree with you or disagree with you, until you have given the freedom to everyone to like you or not like you, to love you or hate you, to see things as you see them or to see things differentlyâ€”until you have given the whole world its freedomâ€”youâ€™ll never have your freedom.”

Source : Adyashanti (2010). “The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment”, p.56, Sounds True
“It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under corporate form... they shall do so under absolutely truthful representations... Great corporations exist only because they were created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.”
“I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When I was 16 years old I led the team in scoring. I would attack, attack, attack and that is something I think you are just born with, I really do.”
“I think the preseason helps a lot, just to feel a little bit about the speed of the game.”
“I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.”
“The days when the words Hollywood actor framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.”
“I learned how to dance. I got a free spray tan. My life is good!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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