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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. ↗

— Voltaire

#difficult #fools #free #revere

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime. ↗

— Howard Berman

#essence #government #i #i wish #intellectual

Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. ↗

— Howard Berman

#ballistic #destruction #development #iran #mass

The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat. ↗

— Howard Berman

#after #atmosphere #congress #different #issue

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy. ↗

— Shelley Berman

#culture #deprived #elevated #i #i see

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#go #imaginations #jar #life #little

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you know that, hey, we're having fun. ↗

— Shelley Berman

#come #comes #fun #having #having fun

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#change #diaries #embracing #incredible #instance

I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#any #apples #country #dictates #england

When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment? ↗

— Muriel Barbery

#ceremony #infinity #ritual #tea #beauty