"This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers...."

-- John Ashcroft

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“If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.”
“Advocates of dumbing down should note the wonderfully perverse fact that 'University Challenge' and 'Mastermind' were watched by millions who could hardly even understand the questions, let alone ***** the answers. Maybe they just liked to watch smart people sweating.”
“Success in TV-showmaking is just a matter of being authentic and doing the best you can, and you hope that people watch it and like it. For us [showmakers], we know where our bread is buttered, and we live by the written word of the critic. That's how shows build a critical mass on cable.”
“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”
“Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death.”
“When one has praised Turgenev, however, for the beauty of his character and the beautiful truth of his art, one remembers that he, too, was human and therefore less than perfect. His chief failing was, perhaps, that of all the great artists, he was the most lacking in exuberance. That is why he began to be scorned in a world which rated exuberance higher than beauty or love or pity.”
“It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.”
“To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.”

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