#ex

The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed by federal law. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#authorizing #consent #derive #exercised #federal

This is considered almost holy work by farmers and ranchers. Kill off everything you can't eat. Kill off anything that eats what you eat. Kill off anything that doesn't feed what you eat." "It IS holy work, in Taker culture. The more competitors you destroy, the more humans you can bring into the world, and that makes it just about the holiest work there is. Once you exempt yourself from the law of limited competition, everything in the world except your food and the food of your food becomes an enemy to be exterminated. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#ecology #exploitation #philosophy #food

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore. ↗

— Alexander Kluge

#between #books #choose #contradiction #days

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg. ↗

— Jack Klugman

#career #day #felt #horse #i

Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like that I don't want to have on my own anymore. I want to share them. ↗

— Heidi Klum

#big #climbing #cool #everest #experiences

I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had. ↗

— Billy Bob Thornton

#ever #experience #had #i #life

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb. ↗

— Bobby Knight

#dumb #i #kinda #morning #next

I wouldn't change a thing - except my bank balance. ↗

— Johnny Thunders

#bank #change #except #i #thing

Social Security is an extremely complicated program. ↗