The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself.
~ Charles Dickens
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Category Archives: 0059 – Quote Unquote
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My ambition is handicapped by my laziness.
~ Charles Bukowski
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Unconcerned but not indifferent.
~ Man Ray
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There’s an unspoken law that you should never start to cry if you have too many reasons to do so.
~ Herta Müller
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Throughout most of history, religious institutions were able to impose pro-fertility norms. But the causal relationship is reciprocal and the dominant direction can be reversed: if pro-fertility norms come to be seen as outmoded and repressive, their rejection also brings rejection of religion.
~ Ronald Inglehart
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The right always knows how to exploit the excesses of the left. It happened in 1968, when the campus takeovers and the street battles between anti-war activists and cops at the Democratic convention in Chicago helped elect Richard Nixon. Republican politicians are already exploiting the chaos on campuses. This summer, the Democrats will gather again in Chicago, and the activists are promising a big show. Donald Trump will be watching.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
~ Will Rogers
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The only difference between a madman and myself is that I am not mad!
~ Salvador Dali
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Our very idea of productivity is premised on the idea of producing something new, whereas we do not tend to see maintenance and care as productive in the same way.
~ Jenny Odell
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Life is more than a job; jobs are more than a paycheck; and a country is more than its wealth.
~ William Deresiewicz
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