The profit of the one is the profit of the other.
~ Frédéric Bastiat
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Author Archives: Seamas Anstruther
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Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present.
~ Iain Banks
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The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.
~ John Lanchester
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Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.
~ Albert Camus
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Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
~ Franz Kafka
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You can’t measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.
~ Milan Kundera
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There is nothing new in art except talent.
~ Anton Chekhov
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I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.
~ Franz Kafka
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We inherited a strong and flourishing country, and instead of making the investments – that is, the sacrifices – to maintain it, we chose to suck it dry and stick our children with the bill. If you want to see who is to blame for student debt, just look in the mirror. And if parents find themselves supporting kids beyond their college years, that is only, in the aggregate, a form of compensatory justice: the intergenerational transfer of wealth that should have been effected through taxation.
~ William Deresiewicz
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Glen Powell was born
on this day in 1988
Glen Thomas Powell Jr. — the American actor known for his supporting role in Top Gun: Maverick and his leading role in Hit Man — was born on this day – October 21, 1988 – in Austin, Texas.
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