"Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you've given up control."

-- Jeff Koons

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“But once you publish a book, doesnâ€™t it by definition become the realm of public discourse? Otherwise, wouldnâ€™t we just write books and print them out ourselves, and give them to specific people we felt comfortable giving them toâ€“like gifts? Isnâ€™t publishing sort of a social contract?”
“We donâ€™t have to convince an unwilling God to come and refresh us with His presence. Heâ€™s for it. But, He cannot be manipulated. But when sincere hearts who know they cannot do His work nor His will without Him, humbly pray, He will answer.”
“When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is disguised.”
“It may be conjectured that it is cheaper in the long run to lift men up than to hold them down, and that the ballot in their hands is less dangerous to society than a sense of wrong is in their heads.”
“Want more Twitter followers? Take care of the ones you have FIRST!”
“We might remember ... not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed.”
“While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.”

Source : "Terrorists are not just Muslims" by Bennie Thompson, www.politico.com. January 27, 2011.
“It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. (Aragorn talking of Eowyn, in the Houses of Healing)”

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