"Inertia is the first law of history, as it is of physics."

-- Morris Raphael Cohen

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“I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.”

Source : Ludwig van Beethoven (2009). “Beethoven, as Revealed in His Own Words: The Man and the Artist”, p.98, The Floating Press
“Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for Goldwater? Times have changed.”
“This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.”
“I've got a lot of cutting and pasting to do, gentlemen, so why don't you please return to your porch rockers and resume whittling.”

Source : "Fictional character: Albert Rosenfeld". "Twin Peaks". Season 1, Episode 4, April 26, 1990.
“Yes, I actually have a portable fly-tying kit in my vest. I spent hours putting it all together, with a special emphasis on midge materials as well as enough fur and feathers to whip out a half dozen of virtually every conceivable dry pattern nature can throw at me. I have used it once, in 1993.”
“If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.”
“Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.”
“Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.”

Source : "Three Elegies for Susan Sontag". "New Politics", Vol. X, No. 3, 2005.

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