"The changing styles are the expression of a restless search for something which shall commend itself to our aesthetic sense; but as each innovation is subject to the selective action of the norm of conspicuous waste, the range within which innovation can take place is somewhat restricted. The innovation must not only be more beautiful, or perhaps oftener less offensive, than that which it displaces, but it must also come up to the accepted standard of expensiveness."

-- Thorstein Veblen

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“Whatsoever is worthy of their love is worth their anger.”

Source : Sir John Denham (1709). “Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy”, p.301
“My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize”

Source : "Hank Johnson Worries Guam Could "Capsize" After Marine Buildup". www.cbsnews.com. April 1, 2010.
“What you do on the court, off the court, in the classroom, it's all the same. Your habits, the way you treat class, your relationships - it's all the same. Do it right or don't do it.”

Source : "Allan Houston's biggest swish". Interview with Jared Zwerling, www.espn.com. October 19, 2011.
“The facts of nature cannot in the long run be violated. Penetrating and seeping through everything like water, they will undermine any system that fails to take account of them, and sooner or later they will bring about its downfall. But an authority wise enough in its statesmanship to give sufficient free play to nature - of which spirit is a part - need fear no premature decline.”
“Being vulnerable and strong is a complicated thing, but that's who we are.”
“There are no rules for living, because you are unique. Find your truth in each moment and dare to live it. That is the way to freedom.”
“The people of Ontario have a right to know how their dollars are being spent. Ontario has the leanest government in Canada while still providing high-quality public services that people can rely on. Today, we are releasing the 2014 Public Sector Salary Disclosure list as part of our government's commitment to be the most open and transparent government in the country.”
“I think that the thing you have to do is, people have to start being held accountable for their decisions. If somebody's not buying insurance, then they're going to have to be selling their car, or whatever it is to try to help cover that.”

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