"A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The fragments of an intellect are always good."

-- George Sand

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“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.”
“If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.”
“The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing it with new toys. The idea is to render us passive so that they can exercise their power to sell us a bunch of stuff we mostly don't need and mostly don't want.”
“With sabre fencing, it's important to have a strong core. I do an exercise called 'the dead bug.' You sit on the round side of a Bosu ball, lean back, extend one arm and the opposite leg, then switch.”
“Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.”
“I would never ever talk about my own personal life in an interview.”
“After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol.”

Source : "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.”

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