"We are looking for a Wealth Tax that will bring in sufficient revenue to justify having a wealth tax."

-- Dick Spring

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“At Genoa, the word Liberty may be read over the front of the prisons and on the chains of the galley-slaves. This application of the device is good and just. It is indeed only malefactors of all estates who prevent the citizen from being free. In the country in which all such men were in the galleys, the most perfect liberty would be enjoyed.”
“I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables, are things of first importance, there is the height of civilization, and, if at the same time, the power of art exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed.”
“Your task is not to judge or punish. Karma will take care of that. Your task is to love.”
“I don't want to turn into one of those pathetic creatures who are always homesick, always saying I wish I were still in Beirut. I don't want to become like you, split between here and there. I know I'm not happy here, but why should I be unhappy in two countries?”

Source : Hanan al-Shaykh (2013). “Beirut Blues”, p.366, Anchor
“Winning is more related to good defense than good offense”
“When Jared smiled, his teeth were stained with fresh scarlet. "Don't you hate me?" he demanded. "I'd hate me." "You just tried to drown yourself," Ash said. "You seem to hate yourself plenty already.”
“To all the Callahan's Places there ever were or ever will be, whatever they may be called â€” and to all the merry maniacs and happy fools who are fortunate enough to stumble into one: may none of them arrive too late!”

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