"Hereâ€™s the thing about rights. Theyâ€™re not actually supposed to be voted on. Thatâ€™s why theyâ€™re called rights."

-- Rachel Maddow

“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!”
“Art feeds off art...and artists feed off artists.”
“I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York.”
“The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but also to its own qualities of timbre and texture, to its own personal vibration. So just as directors and cinematographers (even those who will never make abstract films) have everything to gain by refining their knowledge of visual materials and textures, we can similarly benefit from disciplined attention to the inherent qualities of sounds.”
“Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how tightly you keep the lid on, there is some watered stock of vanity inside. You are always in danger of the thing's coming off and of giving yourself an air or two. No man or woman was ever so distinguished that this exhibition did not make him ridiculous, especially to those of meaner minds.”
“The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.”

Source : John Moody (1921). “The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States”
“What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.”
“The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.”

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