"The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it."

-- John Podhoretz

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“Her days come and go like birds, her dreams like days.”

Source : Janette Turner Hospital (2003). “North of Nowhere, South of Loss”, p.129, Univ. of Queensland Press
“Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.”
“Watching a ball game is one of the sweetest pleasures in the world.”
“Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allahâ€™s plans to him â€“ He formed them all without consulting thee.”
“When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.”
“Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're comparing it to.”
“The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime.”

Source : Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.10, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public.”

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