"Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party."

-- Noam Chomsky

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“It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him. I felt such an honor to be associated with such a player.”

Source : "A-League talking points: Melbourne City fail another test of character" by Jonathan Howcroft, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2015.
“The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.”
“Death, however clearly foretold, still came unexpectedly.”
“I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among six-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a six-year-old.”
“I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.”
“A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster, then he is Christianly religious.”
“The flat tax I got on my first meeting with Margaret Thatcher, who I admired very much and who was a great admirer of Milton Friedman. I met her first when I had been prime minister I think for some months and so on, and when I told her what I am planning to do, she looked at me with these big eyes and said "you are one brave young man." And then a little bit introduced me on the realities of the Western world on which I was not very well informed. But I didn't stop.”

Source : Interview with Stephen J. Dubner at "'Freakonomics Radio" podcast, March 24, 2010.
“The more one loves, the heavier the meaning of death becomes, and the deeper the sense of loss. Love and death are not different things, they are the front and back of the same thing.”

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