"History is one damn thing after another."

-- H. A. L. Fisher

“It's not fair. Why won't the media leave me alone? Why?”
“Poverty, first of all was never a misfortune for me; it was radiant with sunlight.. I owe it to my family, first of all, who lacked everything and who envied practically nothing.”
“I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.”
“I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up”
“True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modern research to decision processes.”
“The Christian Church should not be a secret society of specialists, but a public manifestation of believers in Jesus.”
“The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.”
“Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority prosper only through the carefulness and detail of thrift.”

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