"The state is not abolished, it withers away."

-- Friedrich Engels

“To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.”

Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.8, Cosimo, Inc.
“No family is sane, is it?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.”
“The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders, who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others - with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means.”

Source : Henry Grady Weaver (2016). “The Mainspring of Human Progress [Revised Edition]”, p.38, Pickle Partners Publishing
“A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth â€” thatâ€™s what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.”
“I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.”

Source : "Eric Andre On the Maniacal Genius of ‘MAN SEEKING WOMAN’". Interview with Cole Clay, freshfiction.tv.
“As a notorious multi-tasker, I love exercise that serves several purposes.”
“Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.”

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