"Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers."

-- Karl Marx

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“Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.”
“To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.”
“Lead by inspiration, not intimidation.”
“One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer. But it isn't. Lower income workers are the ones who find it hardest to keep working after 65. And they'll get penalized with lower benefits.”
“Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry ...”
“Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 393-94, Epigrams, CXL. 1, 1922.
“I've always been attracted to the characters that I didn't know anything about. If you do anything in life with passion and love, then it's worth trying.”
“As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the mind of God.”

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