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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#chooses #concerns #cultural #deal #given

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#complex #cultures #easy #mixes #more

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#after #always #answer #been #clock

A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#applicable #been #enormous #exemption #garner

Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of other factors intervene. However, one thing the numbers can show is that right-to-work laws have a negative effect on the wages of workers in that state. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#economist #effect #factors #growth #however

Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#administration #before #care #divided #entered

In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#blocs #exclusive #growing #inclusive #melting

Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#against #argument #best #compelling #criminal