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- There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), A Mencken Chrestomathy
- Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), The Four Loves
- The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.
- Rensis Likert
- Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
- Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)
- A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
- Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
- For John Caputo, hermeneutics means radical thinking without transcendental justification: attending to the ruptures and irregularities in existence before the metaphysics of presence has a chance to smooth them over. Radical Hermeneutics forges a closer collaboration between the hermeneutics and deconstruction than has previously been attempted.
- ad for 'Radical Hermeneutics', Repetition, Deconstruction, and the Hermeneutics Project'
- Equal Rights were created for everyone.
- contesant in 1990 Mr. New Jersey Male pageant
- This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as I live it is my privilege - my *privilege* to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I love. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I've got a hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Opportunity for all means making taxes fair. I'm not out to soak the rich. But I do believe the rich should pay their fair share. For twelve years, the Republicans have raised taxes on the middle class. It's time to give the middle class tax relief.
- Bill Clinton (1946 - ), Announcement Speech, October 3, 1991
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