"Every law is an infraction of liberty."

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Source : 1789 An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.

Jeremy Bentham

#Law Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Putting seven people in orbit should not cost more than flying a commercial jet around earth,”

Source : "Here's Why Investor Steve Jurvetson Saved Elon Musk's Space Dreams". Interview with Julie Bort, www.businessinsider.com. September 14, 2012.
“To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the hills. But the cookbook record proves that the haute cuisine codified early in this century by Escoffier barely goes back to Napoleon's time. Before that, French food is not recognizable as French to modern eyes. Europe's menu before 1700 was completely different from its menu after 1800, when national cuisines arose along with modern nations and national cultures.”

Source : Raymond Sokolov (1993). “Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats”, p.12, Simon and Schuster
“You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person, he doesn't relate to the person. All these things I've written so much about. That's why I've made such a practice really, over and over to hammer home the point of self-revelation and being more of yourself and showing yourself. Every book I write I want to get that in there.”
“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.”

Source : Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.96, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“One of the greatest pieces of advice Iâ€™ve ever gotten in my life was from my mom. When I was a little kid there was a kid who was bugging me at school and she said â€œOkay, Iâ€™m gonna tell you what to do. If the kidâ€™s bugging you and puts his hands on you; you pick up the nearest rock...”
“I enjoy my work so much that I have to be pulled away from my work into leisure.”
“Whenever I'm out late she makes a sandwich for my school lunch. I always protest and tell her not to, saying I'll make my own when I get home. But she likes it. She says it reminds her of when I was younger and needed her.”
“When we protect the places where the processes of life can flourish, we strengthen not only the future of medicine, agriculture and industry, but also the essential conditions for peace and prosperity.”

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