"Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition."

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“The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.”

“We have to call it "freedom": who'd die for "a lesser tyranny"?”

“The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.”

“A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.”

“Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.”

“The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.”

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"He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever."

— Michael Foot

Politics1913–2010

#hope

"It kind of reminds... I could use the Third Reich, the Big Lie. You say something over and over and over and over again, and people will believe it, and that's their strategy... A hot summer has nothi…"

— Jim Inhofe

Politics1934–2024

#justice

"It should be noted that people in the free market rarely bear false witness; integrity is the rule. The morning mile, phone calls, planes the airlines buy, autos by the millions - no one could list th…"

— Leonard E. Read

Literature1898–1983

#Human Nature

"...because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media, WE DON'T HAVE NEWS! We don't have an informed populous …"

— Janeane Garofalo

Entertainment1964

#justice