"My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to")."

#Father Quotes #Lying Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but theyâ€™re not. Theyâ€™re habits.”

Source : "The Power of Habit". Book by Charles Duhigg, February, 2012.
“As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.”
“You figure out how to create opportunities to make music, and then, if you take care of the music, audiences will come around. They also might leave. What matters is the moment: the moment of making music, with and for and among others, and what that offers to those people in that moment. They might never see me again; they might never learn my name. But it might still be something they carry with them.”
“I was once chillin in my room, watching TV, just in a regular place.. And now I'm in this big world, living my dream and, you know, doing what I love. It's just crazy how it all came around.”
“My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.”
“A true marketplace is a treasure of long tail products.”
“The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect.”
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”

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