"Paintings! They're like TV, but they don't move."

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A. J. Jacobs

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“It is a tough city to live in (Detroit) but a great city to be around. There is so much promise. There just needs to be a movement to help push the city beyond the automobile industry. The music business needs to learn how to support itself.”
“In my opinion, if there is one extremely legitimate use for petroleum besides running wood chippers and front-end loaders to handle compost, it's making plastic for season extension. It parks many of the trucks [for cross-country produce transportation]. With the trucks parked, greenhouses, tall tunnels, and more seasonal, localized eating, can we feed ourselves? We still have to answer that burning question.”
“If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice you call on him to make. The hardships of the situation must not be merely transient - at least not in appearance. Otherwise, the enemy would not give in, but would wait for things to improve.”

Source : Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.77, Princeton University Press
“Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.”
“Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.”
“I'm on a Mission, that ***** say is Impossible, But when I swing my swords they all choppable, I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper, Child educator, plus head amputator.”
“We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw”
“Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.”

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