"Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator."

-- Lawrence Lessig

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“Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence.”

Source : "A'yan al-Shi'a". Book by al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin (Volume 1, p. 316), 1421.
“Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.”

Source : "Painting Outside the lines, Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art". Book edited by David W. Galenson, pp. 84-85, note 40, 2009.
“Whether it's in the playoffs or not, you have to keep proving yourself.”
“It's incredible. Nine? Wow. I just remember winning my first one, getting the medal and the plate, the pin with the diamond for first place. My ninth title, I have no answer for that because I never thought it would be possible.”

Source : "Graceful Kwan still seeking gold" by Bob Phillips, www.espn.com.
“I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.”
“A Marxist begins with his prime truth that all evils are caused by the exploitation of the proletariat by the capitalists. From this he logically proceeds to the revolution to end capitalism, then into the third stage of reorganization into a new social order of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and finally the last stage -- the political paradise of communism.”

Source : Saul Alinsky (2010). “Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals”, p.10, Vintage
“Another way in which our system is unfair. Why do Iowans get so much of a bigger voice every four years than everybody else? Ditto for New Hampshire. There are proposals and it could well happen that we could have a rotating calendar where different years different states went first. I would endorse that.”

Source : Source: to.pbs.org
“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.”

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