"In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of violence and even of unkindness against their fellow men by observing in them something which resembles the Savior of the World? If nothing else certainly, a human figure?"

-- Benjamin Rush

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“I never feel more myself than when Iâ€™m writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.”

Source : Interview with Robert J. Elisberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1999.
“I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.”
“I've never quit anything in my life.”

Source : "Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, in his own words: Editorial". www.thestar.com. December 26, 2014.
“No man can be wise on an empty stomach.”

Source : George Eliot (1873). “Wit and Wisdom of George Eliot”, p.71
“Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.”
“Anybody in the next centuries wanting to know what it was like to be a poet in the middle of the 20th century should read Kaddish.”
“Let's just be clear here. The vice president of the United States accidentally shoots a man, and he feels that it's appropriate for a ranch owner who witnessed this to tell the local Corpus Christi newspaper and not the White House press corps at large, or notify the public in a national way.”
“Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.”

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