Quotes
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Carroll Quigley

"This priesthood became a closed group, able to control enormous wealth and incomes, and concerned very largely with the study of the solar and astronomical periodicities on which there influence was originally based. With the surplus thus created, the priesthood was able to command human labor in huge amounts and to direct this labor from the simple tillage of the peasant peoples to the diversified and specialized activities that constitute civilized living."

-- Carroll Quigley

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“Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences.”
“But the severe rules of discipline which the prudence of the bishops had instituted were relaxed by the same prudence in favour of an Imperial proselyte, whom it was so important to allure, by every gentle condescension, into the pale of the church; and Constantine was permitted, at least by a tacit dispensation, to enjoy most of the privileges, before he had contracted any of the obligations, of a Christian.”
“There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother.”
“Once you discover that you can, then you must.”
“Our challenge is to face up heroically to the world as it is and do our very best to make the most of our lives. To strive to live each day with serenity and courage.”
“It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.”

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“I used to be so young, how did I get so old?”

Source : Song: Basket, Album: Nice, Nice, Very Nice
“For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers.”

Source : "Nationalism and Culture" by Rudolf Rocker, translated by Ray E. Chase, Book II, (Ch. 12), 1952.

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