"Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal."

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Source : Russell Lynes (1991). “Life in the slow lane: observations on art, architecture, manners and other such spectator sports”, Harpercollins

Russell Lynes

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“And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.”
“Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of oneâ€™s being, but by integration of the contraries.”
“I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.”
“Liberty cannot be caged into a charter or handed on ready-made to the next generation. Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times. Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.”

Source : Florence Ellinwood Allen (1940). “This Constitution of ours”
“The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.”
“The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.”
“I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.”
“One can't live without fear, it's a question of what is your attitude towards fear? I'm afraid of a sordid death. I'm afraid that I will die in an ugly or squalid way, and cancer can be very vigorous in that respect.”

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