"Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege."

-- William Beveridge

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“it's not until my third cup of coffee that I am fully awake and willing to face the consequences of that condition.”
“American democracy and the Soviet system may peacefully exist side by side and compete with each other. But one cannot evolve into the other.”

Source : Source: www.marxists.org
“A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.”
“I am much occupied with the investigation of the physical causes [of motions in the Solar System]. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is to be likened not to a divine organism but rather to a clockwork ... insofar as nearly all the manifold movements are carried out by means of a single, quite simple magnetic force. This physical conception is to be presented through calculation and geometry.”
“If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.”
“I realized relatively early on that I had no desire to be a mother whatsoever. I actually love children, but specifically other people's.”

Source : "Women Over 50 Have Sex Drive, Too". Interview with Jincey Lumpkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.
“For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.”
“Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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