"Is there any fairness in a system where a group of people can borrow a bunch of money to buy a company and pay themselves millions of dollars in dividends and fees, while the company itself ends up bankrupt and its employees lose their jobs, health insurance and pensions?"

-- William D. Cohan

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“I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don't feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.”
“I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2008.
“Training with confidence is the only way to train”
“Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to.”
“The climb will go. Get rid of the rope. It's only distracting you.”

Source : Jeff Lowe (1996). “Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing”, p.63, The Mountaineers Books
“Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.”

Source : "Man Versus Machine" by Deirdre Foley Mendelssohn, www.newyorker.com. August 12, 2010.
“While other faiths are also often oppressive, sharia law is especially oppressive. Its interpretations stipulate the execution of Muslims who commit adultery, renounce their faith (apostates) or have same-sex relationships. Sharia methods of execution, such as stoning, are particularly brutal and cruel - witness the stoning to death this week in Somalia of a 20-year-old woman divorcee who was accused of adultery. This is the fourth stoning of an adulterer in Somalia in the last year.”

Source : "Just say no to sharia law" by Peter Tatchell, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2009.
“I'm not really much of a shopper. I have to say that I'd definitely prefer good sex. What makes good sex? Oh my god. I think you need to feel free and you have to really trust the other person. And you have to have that strange, mysterious chemical connection.”

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