"In a free society, the 'vision thing' is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free people understand that a 'visionary' bureaucrat is a voracious one and that the grander the government... the poorer and less free the people."

-- Ilana Mercer

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“Today, we're struggling a lot, both men and women, with finding out what we're supposed to be. Like when you go on a first date, I always find it incredibly difficult to figure out whether I should reach for the check or not. I don't want to presume anything, but I don't want to be a ball-buster. A lot of rules are thrown up into the air and I think that maybe more than anything, we're confused.”
“The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little.”
“It's really important that my lyrics are truthful.”

Source : "One to watch: Lianne La Havas" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2011.
“The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?”
“Donâ€™t misuse the pencil and donâ€™t torment the paper.”
“I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.”
“I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.”
“It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.”

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