"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

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Source : George Bernard Shaw (2007). “Back to Methuselah”, p.315, 1st World Publishing

George Bernard Shaw

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“Don't hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you'll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you'll experience the assurance of no rebirth.”
“Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level.”

Source : William Spencer Vickrey (2004). “Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey”, Edward Elgar Pub
“We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking up during songs and saying pretty ridiculous things in-between. We're having fun.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Today, this selfish attitude of indifference has taken on global proportions, to the extent that we can speak of a globalization of indifference. It is a problem which we, as Christians, need to confront.”
“Without someone telling you what you are doing is wrong, you can't say what you are doing is right.”
“With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director canâ€™t possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.”
“You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done.”
“Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one.”

Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.147, Faber & Faber

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