"I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does."

-- Mike Lee

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“If, while observing the boundless universe, the writer is able to scrutinise his own self as well as others, the resulting incisiveness of his observations will far surpass objective descriptions of reality.”
“Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come too near in case we're sucked in and have to share it.”
“People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.”
“Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.”
“In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom, especially if it has got to be carried into the market.”
“A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.”
“If someone is trying to bring you down, it only means you're above them.”
“Even now, it's still hard for him to say it. I don't blame him. It's an icky word. Why couldn't whoever was in charge of naming things call cancer 'sugar' and sugar, 'cancer'? People might not eat so much of the stuff then. And it's so much more pleasant to die of sugar.”

Source : Sarah Wylie (2012). “All These Lives”, p.67, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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