"The universe may be as great as they say. But it wouldn't be missed if it didn't exist."

-- Piet Pieterszoon Hein

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“History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.”
“Real men are real friends, showing their real commitment.”
“As they say in Corsica... Goodbye”

Source : "Fictional character: Claude". "Start the Revolution Without Me", www.imdb.com. 1970.
“Is it not that bad to be trapped somewhere, then? Depending on where you're trapped?" "I suppose it depends on how much you like the place you're trapped in," Widget says. "And how much you like whoever you're stuck there with," Poppet adds, kicking his black boot with her white one.”
“After you have loss in your life and after you experience something like losing your parents, the greatest gift of that was it prepared me for [anything]. Nothing else is as scary, and certainly stand-up comedy is not as scary as sitting there with your mom and having to have last conversations and things like that. It's heavy stuff, but it's enlightening because it makes me think I shouldn't be afraid of sharing ideas and thoughts with people. It's the yin and the yang of life.”
“This rhetoric that Donald Trump is used is very consistent with rhetoric he's used on the campaign trail for a long time now. He'll always say - and you look - you can look at the past transcripts of his old speeches. He'll always say, I'm in favor of trade; trade is great, but these deals - NAFTA, TPP, the South Korean Free Trade Agreement - are all terrible.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you're a savvy politician.”
“I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.”

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