"Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to defend them against the new."

-- Lawrence Lessig

#Government Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Support Quotes

“Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.”

Source : Robert Baden-Powell (2013). “Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium”, p.14, Pan Macmillan
“For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.”
“The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.”
“Every time we start thinking we're the center of the universe, the universe turns around and says with a slightly distracted air, "I'm sorry. What'd you say your name was again?"”
“Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it.”
“I saw the dead without really seeing them.”

Source : Ernst Toller (1934). “I was a German: the autobiography of Ernst Toller”
“I want to attract the best people into teaching.”
“After macrobiotics, Zen, and channeling, the "poor Vanishing Indian" is once more the subject of "deep and meaningful conversation" in the high rises.”

Source : Mary Brave Bird (2014). “Ohitika Woman”, p.140, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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