"Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America."

-- James Joyce

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“To save the people from themselves it would take a greater fear than the earth has ever seen.”
“Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.”

Source : David A. Reisman, Aneurin Bevan (1996). “In Place of Fear”, Pickering & Chatto Publishers
“I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.”
“We all want the freedom to make our own decisions.”

Source : "Exclusive Q&A with Shark Tank's Investors". Interview with Jennifer Wang, www.entrepreneur.com. November 30, 2012.
“Interestingly, koi, when put in a fish bowl, will only grow up to three inches. When this same fish is placed in a large tank, it will grow to about nine inches long.”
“Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.”
“Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not "follow the footsteps of his most holy life" by the exercise of a trained religious imagination, but by treading the firm, rough earth, up hill and down dale.”

Source : Evelyn Underhill (1956). “The School of Charity: Meditations on the Christian Creed. The Mystery of Sacrifice, a Meditation on the Liturgy”
“You're afraid because you're thinking about the end, not about what you're doing.”

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