"If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice."

-- Michael Kinsley

#Political Quotes #Half Quotes #Poet Quotes

“A wide range of social, collective phenomena can be made to emerge from the interactions of autonomous agents operating to simple local rules”
“The widespread interest in gossip is inspired, not by a love of knowledge but by malice: no one gossips about other people's secret virtues, but only about their secret vices. Accordingly most gossip is untrue, but care is taken not to verify it. Our neighbour's sins, like the consolations of religion, are so agreeable that we do not stop to scrutinise the evidence closely.”
“I wear white or pale-blue shirts and black knit ties: They don't draw attention to me in any kind of peacockish way.”

Source : "How I Dress now: Charlie Siem". www.esquire.com. March 07, 2013.
“But I will plead not guilty until death. I will plead not guilty until there is proof to the contrary.”
“I have more faith now than I ever had before.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“Commit yourself to do whatever it is you can contribute in order to create a healthy and sustainable future - the world needs you desperately. Find that in yourself and make a commitment - that is what will change the world.”
“I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.”
“In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.”

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