"Apparently, they believe they're gods."

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Source : "Defiant Uber rideshare launches in Portland, with City Hall promising to 'throw the book' at company" by Joseph Rose, www.oregonlive.com. December 05, 2014.

Steve Novick

#Believe Quotes

“Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'”
“I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business.”

Source : "Leos Carax on “Tokyo”: “Cinema is my country but it is not my business” by Eric Hynes, www.indiewire.com. March 4, 2009.
“I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.”
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

Source : "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.
“The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states. If it be purely local, congress cannot constitutionally appropriate money for the object. But, if the benefit be general, it matters not, whether in point of locality it be in one state, or several; whether it be of large, or of small extent.”
“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.”
“What we miss is how unsustainable that is. Even bigger is the idea that we as a nation are not made up of businesses, banks, malls, markets, homes or things. Our greatest asset is ourselves: our lives and our people. The real investment should be there.”
“Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.”

Source : Michel Houellebecq (2003). “Platform: A Novel”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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