"My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do what I please."

-- Frederick The Great

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“The great principle of Justice: prevent crime rather than punish it. All that is needed to execute a guilty man is a firing squad or a hangman. To prevent there being guilty men requires great astuteness.”
“I've chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent revolution. When the Supreme Court makes a decision, no matter how strongly one disagrees with it, one faces a choice are we, in John Adams' phrase, a nation of laws, or is it a contest made on raw power?”
“What we did with Avatar, if you really look at it, we took things that are out there in the world every day, we just made them bigger, shinier. ... But all our inspiration comes from the real world. So if you really look, you can see all those things around you, and I would just encourage people to get out and look for it.”

Source : "Academy Awards: Oscar Winning Quotes" by Janice Taylor, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2010.
“I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean.”
“Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read.”
“Hurricane Katrina reiterated the need for [access to] medical records, ... ... But there's going to be a lot more needed than $4 million.”
“The majority of companies on this planet are publicly driven engines. They're always the last ones to change. They're not only the biggest polluters, but they're the biggest providers of services for the consumer. Government itself is one of the biggest polluters on the planet. The U.S. military pollutes the planet more than most other entities.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.”

Source : A Poet's Proverbs 'Of Tact'

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