"It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on."

-- Andrew Bacevich

#Knowing Quotes #Pockets Quotes #Pay Quotes

“Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.”
“How come when itâ€™s us, itâ€™s an abortion, and when itâ€™s a chicken, itâ€™s an omelette?”
“Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.”

Source : Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.4, Broadway Books
“Prophecy and history predict and record a great and universal apostasy which was to be followed by a restoration as predicted by John in Revelation. The fact of the great apostasy is attested by both sacred and secular writ, and history bears witness that it became universal. We proclaim this fact of history not as an attack on any church. We do not assume any position of "holier than thou" or "wiser than thou," but we announce this historic fact of the apostasy as a vindication of the claim that there has been in fact a restoration of the gospel.”
“Design is about crafting an experience that is unfamiliar enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough to instill confidence.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 23, 2013
“People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.”
“The world of dance is a charmed place. Some people like to inhabit it, others to behold it; either way it is rewarding.”
“Iâ€™ve always hated Mondays, the whole lot of them. Too much whiplash, snapping the tired masses to attention. Godâ€™s way, perhaps, of reminding us that we are not masters of our fate, no matter how deluded we became during the weekend respite.”

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