"Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and plough straight thither. The moment he glances toward expediency, he falls from his high estate."

-- John Peter Altgeld

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“I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.”
“America today is a confused society, caught up in a terror war, a culture war, and a media war, where honesty and professional standards have vanished.”
“I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.”
“A lot of people have said that I'm trying to be like Justin Bieber by wearing a hat all the time. But the truth is, I don't like the way my hair looks. It's kind of weird, so I wear a hat all the time to cover it. I've been doing it since I was thirteen.”
“I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make it, they make it. If they get heard, they get heard. I'm not sure if you know how that circle of songwriting and producing works, but every time a big artist is working, everybody and their mother is in the studio writing records to try to get on it.”
“I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.”
“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.”

Source : David Foster Wallace (2012). “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men”, p.13, Hachette UK
“The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.”

Source : Simone Weil (2015). “Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings”, p.26, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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