"... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it."

-- J. K. Rowling

“Get rid at the outset of the idea that the airplane is only an air-going sort of automobile. It isn't. It may sound like one and smell like one, and it may have been interior decorated to look like one; but the difference is - it goes on wings.”

Source : Wolfgang Langewiesche (1994). “Stick & Rudder: 50th Anniversary Edition”, McGraw-Hill
“If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable.”
“It seems that everything is part of the maturing process”
“Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.”
“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”
“As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' But they've certainly been lying low while our twitchy, tweet-y times have favored snarkier, more air-quote-driven entertainment, even from puppets. And in a way, that showbiz hiatus has worked in favor of The Muppets. For adults, the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now, enhanced by laughs provided in cameos from a very up-to-date roster of stars.”

Source : "The Muppets" by Lisa Schwarzbaum, ew.com. November 30, 2011.
“Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.”
“We just had a near-life experience!”

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