"In whose delusional mind is democracy made 'better' by allowing wealthy people to control more of it?"

“And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.”

“If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.”

“Sometimes rescue comes to you. It just shows up, and you do nothing. Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't. But be ready, when it comes, to decide if you will take the outstretched hand and let it pull you ashore.”

“The pressure, the heat, the almost impossibly fast pace at which you need work - this is the reality of working in the culinary industry. This is what professional chefs do night after night.”

“[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?”

Source : Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset (1908). “The confession of a child of the century tr. by Kendall Warren”

“I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without (hu)man(ity).”

“I never abandoned Yves Saint Laurent. I used to have lunch with him twice a week. I also saw him every Saturday. My presence beside him was even more important in his bad times. But that didn't leave me a great deal of room in which to maneuver. Freedom is an intellectual space. But I don't use it.”

“I will give you my definition of a nation, and you can add the adjective 'Jewish.' A Nation is, in my mind, an historical group of men of a recognizable cohesion held together by a common enemy. Then, if you add to that the word 'Jewish' you have what I understand to be the Jewish nation.”

Source : Theodor Herzl (2014). “The Jewish State: with 2014 Foreword by Jerold S. Auerbach”, p.46, Quid Pro Books