"Stalinâ€™s postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, in precisely that order."

-- John Lewis Gaddis

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“we cannot cure the evils of politics with politics ...”
“I admit that when I think of the money one could make from all this, I get a little twinge. But I'm pretty happy with nerd values: Get yourself a comfortable living, then do a little something to change the world.”

Source : "Mr. Craigslist, Master of the Nerdiverse". Interview with Josh Mchugh, www.wired.com. September 01, 2004.
“I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey and said, listen, I'm not a hippo. So, he paint himself like a zebra. He said but he's still a hippo. He said but look at you, you're painted like a zebra but you are a hippo. So then he goes, you know, like I want be a little parrot. So, he put the colours on him and he comes to the monkey and said but, sorry, you are a hippo. So, in the end, you know, he comes and said I'm happy to be a hippo. This is who I am. So, I have to be who I am and he's happy being a hippo.”
“I am not very introspective.”
“There they were sitting at the bar, these two Luscious babes, and they were Siamese twins.”
“When you set goals, you have to keep them always in mind.”

Source : Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.86, Simon and Schuster
“Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.”
“The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly about the separation of church and state. We would do well to devote half as much attention to the separation of government and education.”

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