"Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society."

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Source : "Compania General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue, 275 U.S. 87, 100". Dissenting opinion, November 21, 1927.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#Pay Quotes #Taxes Quotes #Civilized Quotes

“This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a highly unscientific experiment designed to gauge how little audiences will settle for these days. Manic and multicolored, Speed Racer is an excess of nothingness.”

Source : "Speed Racer" by Stephanie Zacharek, www.salon.com. May 09, 2008.
“I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.”
“One must either accept some theory or else believe one's own instinct or follow the world's opinion.”
“Lucidity's task: to attain a correct despair, an Olympian ferocity.”
“The beauty of a move lies not in it's appearance but in the thought behind it.”

Source : "Nimzovich the Hypermodern". Book by Fred Reinfeld, 1948.
“When people see success, particularly investors, they are much more willing to invest in artistic projects.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens into a grocery store, which is absolutely nothing short of disgusting.”
“Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.”

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