"Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves."

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Source : Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam”, p.382, Random House

Barbara Tuchman

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“It's curious the way we get nostalgic for some hoped-for thing that never happened, as if something that never happened were in the past.”
“It is not good news, but we have to face reality.”
“I want to live for my truth, my reality, what is important to me and what Iâ€™m passionate about. I love acting, and I love being able to tell a story, but working with another human being who is struggling with the same thing that Iâ€™ve struggled with, and guiding them towards hope and redemption - itâ€™s you know itâ€™s a triumph, itâ€™s a story of the triumph of the human spirit.”
“Your anger is like a flower. In the beginning you may not understand the nature of your anger, or why it has come up. But if you know how to embrace it with the energy of mindfulness, it will begin to open. You may be sitting, following your breathing, or you may be practicing walking meditation to generate the energy of mindfulness and embrace your anger. After ten or twenty minutes your anger will have to open herself to you, and suddenly, you will see the true nature of your anger. It may have arisen just because of a wrong perception or the lack of skillfulness.”
“Information is alienated experience.”
“In the months after George W. Bush's reelection, a lot of liberals and environmentalists were ready to take a hard look at their political agenda, the Democratic Party, and the interest groups they supported.”
“I'm most excited that the hard work has paid off for myself and the team. You put your heart and soul into something and you want to show it to an audience outside of Jersey Boys. It gives a chance to not only show my work, but of Jeffrey Schecter as an actor and co-writer. It gets to show off our cinematographer, my production team. That's what I'm most proud ofâ€¦ everybody gets to have their own moment to enjoy it.”

Source : "J. Robert Spencer: Jersey Boy & Movie Man". Interview with Eugene Lovendusky, www.broadwayworld.com. November 13, 2007.
“I'm doing something new on South Street and people are telling me I'm crazy It's kinda freaking me out.”

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