"One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this."

-- Michael Kinsley

#Purpose Quotes #Answers Quotes #Subsidies Quotes

“Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.”
“When you've been used to doing things, and they've been taken away from you, it's as if your hands had been cut off, and you felt the fingers as are of no use to you.”
“A young lady's most natural ally is her sister although sometimes our own relatives are as inscrutable to us as an antipodean.”
“I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.”
“But my friends are happy for me. The people who know me are happy. My mom is happy. My family is happy.”
“When pride retreats from a man, humility begins to dwell in him, and the more pride is diminished, so much more does humility grow. The one gives way to the other as to its opposite. Darkness departs and light appears. Pride is darkness, but humility is light.”
“The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look like Popeye.”
“The onset of bayonets in the hands of the valiant is irresistible.”

Source : John Burgoyne (1860). “Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne: From His Entry Into the State of New York Until His Surrender at Saratoga, 16th Oct. 1777 : from the Original Manuscript Deposited at Washington's Head Quarters, Newburgh, N.Y.”, p.3

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