"[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity"

-- Carl von Clausewitz

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“Being edited is like falling face down into a threshing machine.”
“A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present.”
“I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.”
“I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.”
“I will do Dancing with the Stars when my career dips.”

Source : "Pauly D Is Too Good For ‘Dancing With The Stars’" by Naughty But Nice Rob, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2011.
“People have known me for so long, I'm just Della to them.”
“He pulled away, but his eyes held my eyes like hands.”
“Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift of the Airy Kingdom, music is air, a universal existence common to all the living.”

Source : Sun Ra, Hartmut Geerken (2005). “The Immeasurable Equation: The Collected Poetry and Prose”, p.250, BoD – Books on Demand

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