"Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed."

-- Bernard Berenson

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“I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?”
“My idea was to chose an object that wouldn't attract me, either by its beauty or by its ugliness. To find a point of indifference in my looking at it, you see”
“When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something.”
“No. I kind of accepted it, in a way. That saving you was worth losing what we might've had.”

Source : James Dashner (2013). “Maze Runner 2: The Scorch Trials”, p.230, Chicken House
“Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and be fully confident that if we connect light to light to light, and join the lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we will be enough to set our whole planet aglow.”
“Belgarath and Garion effortlessly hurdled over the driftwood and loped off into the fog. "It's going to be a wet day," Garion noted soundlessly as he ran alongside the great silver wolf. "Your fur won't melt." "I know, but my paws get cold when they're wet." "I'll have Durnik make you some little booties." "That would be absolutely ridiculous, Grandfather," Garion said indignantly.”
“I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.”

Source : "Ornette Coleman: What I've Learned" by Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2009.
“I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.”

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