"We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the invented wants of courtly extravagance."

-- Thomas Paine

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“One might say that "Torch Song" is, in part, about the urgency of the effort to pin things down and what wild dart throwing that desire leads to.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.”
“When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.”

Source : "The School as a Home for the Mind : Creating Mindful Curriculum, Instruction, and Dialogue" by Arthur L. Costa, (p. 91), 2007.
“To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.”
“Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.”
“If we Americans are to learn from our mistakes, from the flailing, ineffective way we, as a nation, conducted the war on terror after the attacks of 9/11, and from the way we have failed to make our case to the great moderate mass of peace-loving people at the heart of the Muslim world, we need to listen to Greg Mortenson. I did, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.”
“Right now, I feel like I can take on the world. Ambition is the perfect word for where I am in my life right now.”
“The light of faith makes us see what we believe.”

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