"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

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“The seven sacred teachings: love, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility, truth. These are the seven virtues that lead to a full and healthy life. My mom espoused those teachings. That's how she lived her life. That's how she raised us.”
“I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.”
“I think there is a disrespect for the mind that Trump, for example, exemplifies. His is a kind of strategic thinking that's more about shrewdness than about intellect. His attack on "elites" is meant to rally his base to rebel against the powers that be - in Washington especially. I don't think he cares much about higher education per se; he just wants to demonstrate that learning isn't necessary for business or government. He wants to elevate mediocrity to a heroic virtue.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“The most helpful piece of advice that I could give to anybody is to select a charity, or create a charity, that you really feel passionate about and if you do, don't give up.”
“I like to stay home and listen to recordings.”
“The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society”
“To leave a place, you'd best leave everything behind; all your possessions, including memory. Traveling's not as easy as it's made out to be.”

Source : Virginia Hamilton (2003). “M. C. Higgins, the Great”, p.44, Simon and Schuster
“Human comedy is more profound than tragedy. In tragedy we die and it is very sad. In comedy we avoid death, and it is even sadder.”

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