"So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life."

-- Richard Stallman

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“Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.”

Source : August Strindberg (1983). “Strindberg, Five Plays”, p.158, Univ of California Press
“Ah, babies! Theyâ€™re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.”
“A bar would not be a good career move for you.”
“Better to be without logic than without feeling.”

Source : Charlotte Bronte (2010). “Shirley and The Professor”, p.895, Everyman's Library
“But Thee, but Thee, O sovereign Seer of time, But Thee, O poets' Poet, Wisdom's Tongue, But Thee, O man's best Man, O love's best Love, O perfect life in perfect labor writ, O all men's Comrade, Servant, King, or Priest, -- What IF or YET, what mole, what flaw, what lapse, What least defect or shadow of defect, What rumor, tattled by an enemy, Of inference loose, what lack of grace Even in torture's grasp, or sleep's, or death's -- Oh, what amiss may I forgive in Thee, Jesus, good Paragon, Thou Crystal Christ?”

Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.32, University of Georgia Press
“For me as a midfielder, Paul Scholes was the best possible teacher. When people ask me my hardest opponent, I always refer to Paul in training. Facing him improved me so much because his astonishing quality gave me something to aim for. He never gave the ball away, he could nutmeg you, he could make you look a fool, his range of passing was remarkable, his touch and awareness, everything was top notch. Seeing Scholesy made you stand back and realize you had a long way to go, because he was awesome.”
“I'm proud to be a crime novelist. What I've chosen is the best way to convey the questions I'm trying to raise.”
“Now spring returns; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health have flown.”

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