"While in the course of ages the nucleus of social custom inscribed in law has been subjected to but slight and gradual modifications, the other portion has been largely developed in directions indicated by the interests of the dominant classes, and to the injury of the classes they oppress."

-- Peter Kropotkin

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“Whatâ€™s the secret to success? Itâ€™s no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.”
“Did you think you could have the good without the evil? Did you think you could have the joy without the sorrow? . . . . I have been thinking much about pain. How could I help it? . . . . Sooner or later, regardless of the wit of man, we have pain to face; a reality; a final inescapable, immutable fact of life. What poor souls, if we have then no philosophy to face it with! This pain will not last; it never has lasted. I'll think about what I am going to write tomorrow-not about me, not about my body.”
“If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin and drew you into a relationship with Jesus.”
“But then there is the one who seems to have a hard time separating the actor's work from reality.”
“To protest free speech in the name of protecting women is dangerous and wrong.”
“There was Kir, red hair combed back and That Expression on his sharp face. Even his freckles looked serious. I'd given up wondering how a freckle-faced teenager could look so much like a disapproving granny.”
“The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery till he detects their relation and sees where they fit, and then his fragments grow at once into a connected picture beneath his hand.”

Source : Louis Agassiz (1873). “Geological Sketches”, p.11
“I've always loved independent music stores because the staff is usually there because of a genuine love and appreciation for music. They're more in-tune with the customers and I'm willing to pay the extra dollar or two for the service they provide. Some of my greatest music discoveries have come from picking up an album at an indy store and the cat behind the register saying "You like this man? Have you heard of so-and-so?" I prefer to shop where people understand me and the music- the music i like.”

Source : Diane Keaton (2014). “Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty”, p.5, Random House

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