"When you pay social security taxes, you are in no way making provision for your own retirement. You are paying the pensions of those who are already retired. Once you understand this, you see that whether you will get the benefits you are counting on when you retire depends on whether Congress will levy enough taxes, borrow enough, or print enough money..."

-- W. Allen Wallis

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“The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.”
“The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind.”
“I collect jewelry for a story - so something I got on a trip or something I got from my family. You know it always needs to have a meaning for me.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.”

Source : "In a Time of Torment, 1961-1967". Book by I. F. Stone, p. 317, 1967.
“Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.”
“I'm really not one to brag, but I think my job is one of the most important things someone can do with their life. I mean, it really gives people a chance to live outside their means through someone else's vision. And I think that's something really great that I can give back to the community. Sure I could be a doctor or a lawyer, but do they really help anyone? Sure you can save someone's life, but can you really change it for the better? I'm not saying their jobs aren't important, just not as important as mine.”
“If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it.. it's cheaper in the long run.”

Source : Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.14, Penguin
“Warning: we may become so enamored with God's good gifts that we fail to worship the Giver.”

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