"There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy."

-- Zephyr Teachout

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“I do have an honorary professorship in Poetics from the Vienna Academy of Arts. So I have not gone completely unnoticed”
“Grief is the doorway to a man's feelings.”
“Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes have to make.”

Source : Cressida Cowell (2017). “How To Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel”, p.130, Hachette UK
“Enrollment in Colorado is expected to expand about 25 percent in seven years. It's very difficult to find those additional funds. Therefore, I think you're probably going to have increased pressure on tuition.”
“I'm not guilty. You're the one that's guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during Prohibition. You're the one who's guilty. I mean, c'mon, let's kick the ballistics here: ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way.”
“There's this way that photography is always about going out searching. I'm not the kind of a photographer who can photograph my home.”
“Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.”
“I don't think I have a split personality. I believe the same person I am on the field is the same person I am at home - passionate about everything I do, whether it's reading a Bible or just hanging out with my wife.”

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