"The trouble with paternalists is that they want to make impossibly profound changes, and they choose impossibly superficial means for doing so."

-- Jane Jacobs

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“Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.”

Source : Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2011). “DemocracyThe God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order”, p.88, Transaction Publishers
“With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?”
“How do you fight the stagnation of monogamy and the monotony of time together?”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication.”
“Christianity began with 120 in the Upper Room, within three centuries it had become the predominant religion of the Roman Empire. What brought this about? The answer is deceptively simple, while Christianity was being presented to unbelievers in both Word and deed, it was the deed that far exceeded the Word in evangelistic effectiveness.”
“We like to make sure there is a plot at the center of it and that you care about the people but to poke fun of little things, like the toast restaurant in the pilot.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I don't want to waste the precious moments I have, and I've felt that way since I was 17. I have to take risks because why else would you be alive? Put your pirate patch on and go on an adventure because you only have one life to live.”

Source : Interview with Nina Corcoran, allstonpudding.com.
“The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.”

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