"The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."

-- James Madison

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“If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving.”

Source : "A Softer World". Webcomic by Joey Comeau, February 7, 2003 - June 1, 2015.
“If you just focus on the smallest details, you will never get the big picture right.”
“I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I'm more optimistic than pessimistic.”
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".”
“Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.”
“We work so hard to get somewhere, to realize a dream, to arrive at some destination, that we often forget that though some satisfaction may be waiting at the end of our endurance and effort, there is great and irreplaceable aliveness in the steps along the way.”

Source : "Approaching Integrity" by Mark Nepo, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2013.
“I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.”
“She slid out from under his arm, and picked up his shirt from the floor. When she put it on, it failed to meet in the middle over her chest. that always worked in the movies, she thought, disgusted, and dropped it on the floor.”

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