"It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket."

-- Miguel de Cervantes

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“A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.”
“I never did know exactly what was meant by the term "The Beats," but let's say that the original meeting, association, comradeship of Allen Ginsberg, myself, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Whalen, who's not here, Lew Welch, who's dead, Gregory Corso, for me, to a somewhat lesser extent (I never knew Gregory as well as the others) did embody a criticism and a vision which we shared in various ways, and then went our own ways for many years.”
“Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.”
“I think its good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.”
“... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.”
“A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.”
“No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.”

Source : Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon
“Laws are silent in time of war.”

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