"Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.”
“I believe that in your heart you already know something is profoundly wrong. When bartenders are responsible for drunk drivers' acts, and gunmakers are responsible for criminals' acts, and nobody is responsible for O. J. Simpson's acts, something is wrong.”
“The stage was our school, our home, our life.”

Source : Lillian Gish, Ann Pinchot (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me”
“When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.”
“Settling is about not embracing what is best for you and accepting what you really don't want. When you settle, you accept less than you deserve. Settling becomes a habit and a way of life, but it doesn't have to be. According to Maureen Dowd, "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for”
“My main goal, starting out as a young actor, was to carry the reins that Pac left off and to reach the depths as an actor that I know he would have reached had he still been here with us.”
“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.”

Source : Czeslaw Milosz's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 8, 1980.
“Democrats are making it clear that they intend to use our economic crisis to rush through their longtime liberal goals without public scrutiny or debate. ... This will increase burdens on taxpayers and take a significant step toward socialized medicine.”

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