I remain just one thing, and one thing only — and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish. But that’s only if it’s done properly.
~ Banksy
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Foreign agents are watching as America’s anti-corruption regime crumbles. They see an extraordinary window of opportunity, and they know they’ll have to act quickly to take full advantage. Succoring Trump and his family has already proved one of the fastest ways to guarantee favorable policy. Are U.S. sanctions hurting your economy? Consider building a Trump resort. Want to stay in America’s good graces? Invest in Trump-backed crypto.
~ Casey Michel via The Atlantic
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The collapse of Marxist belief systems led to a massive decline of subjective well-being among the people of the former Soviet Empire, a decline that lasted for decades, leaving an ideological vacuum to be filled by rising religiosity and nationalism.
~ Ronald Inglehart
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
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The post-information age is about acquaintance over time: machines’ understanding individuals with the same degree of subtlety (or more than) we can expect from other human beings, including idiosyncrasies and totally random events, good and bad, in the unfolding narrative of our lives.
~ Nicholas Negroponte
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
~ Henry David Thoreau
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If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.
~ Dashiell Hammett
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The manager is one of the great unknowns in business. Although perhaps the most common word in the corporate lexicon, the term “manager” meets with little agreement as to nature, meaning, or scope. This is all the more surprising when we consider the vital importance of precise understanding of this expression to most enterprises.
~ Louis A. Allen
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Chris Murphy was born
on this day in 1973
Chris Murphy — the junior United States senator from Connecticut — was born on this day — August 3, 1973 — in White Plains, New York.
Senator Murphy is a graduate of Williams College and holds a J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
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