"Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?"

-- Jami Attenberg

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“Persons who clamor for governmental control of American railways should visit Germany, and above all Russia, to see how such control results. In Germany its defects are evident enough; people are made to travel in carriages which our main lines would not think of using, and with a lack of conveniences which with us would provoke a revolt; but the most amazing thing about this administration in Russia is to see how, after all this vast expenditure, the whole atmosphere of the country seems to paralyze energy.”

Source : ANDREW DICKSON WHITE (1905). “AUTOBIOGRAPHY of ANDREW DICKSON WHITE volume 1”
“Before you say cut, wait 5 seconds”
“I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.”
“Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.”
“There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside the field of teaching understand how bad most of our elementary school materials still are.”
“I don't know about calling yourself a feminist. I also, for me, it's difficult for me to call myself a feminist in the classic sense because it seems to be very anti-male and it certainly is very pro-abortion in this context. And I'm neither anti-male or pro- abortion, so.”
“An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.”

Source : Harry Houdini (2012). “The Right Way to Do Wrong: A Unique Selection of Writings by History's Greatest Escape Artist”, p.16, Melville House
“Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.”

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