"All reined up in old language and old assumptions, straining to jump clean-hoofed on to a whole new track of being I only suspect is there. I can't see it, because my educated, average head is being held at the wrong angle. I can't jump because the bit forbids it, and my own basic force - my horsepower, if you like - is too little."

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Source : Peter Shaffer (2011). “Equus”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

Peter Shaffer

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“The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.”

Source : "Spotlight: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, cinematographer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme". UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. February 7, 2011.
“I think people know Steve Jobs the showman. I think people know the guy who stood up and gave the keynotes. The magician. The salesman.”
“The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.”
“At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if not the universal sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship.”
“You cannot slay yourself in me, Nor I to all eternity Destroy my truest self in you.”

Source : William Rose Benét (1927). “Man Possessed: Being the Selected Poems of William Rose Benét”
“I only like food without color, like potatoes, bread, and pasta.”
“I am calling on all citizens with access to unreleased records pertaining to illegal, unconstitutional, or immoral government activities to return those records to their rightful owners, the American people.”
“Action will delineate and define you.”

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