"Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now."

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“As soon as you understand 2 x 4 you can't believe there was a time when you didn't understand it.”
“Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.”
“I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!”
“The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't manufacture much. We just burn up ever scarcer petroleum in the ever-expanding suburbs built with mortgage money lent to people who haven't a clue.”

Source : Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.76, Broadway Books
“I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.”
“Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.”

Source : Source: www.askmen.com
“One does not have to prove a negative. One should assume a negative.”

Source : David Eller (2007). “Atheism Advanced: Further Thoughts of a Freethinker”
“Again I resume the long lesson: how small a thing can be pleasing, how little in this hard world it takes to satisfy the mind and bring it to its rest.”

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