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-- Nicholson Baker

#Book Quotes #Matter Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Right on to the New Period vineyard arbors were the centre and chief ornament of all gardens.”
“In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
“Your highest obligation to other people is to be your highest self.”

Source : Rory Vaden (2015). “Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time”, p.121, Penguin
“Another world exists that I must experience. A genus of people exists who I must meet. I must inhale the air they breathe--share their world at all costs.”
“Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter God.”
“Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.”

Source : GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS (1868). “PRUE AND I”, p.126
“Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.”
“Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.”

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