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"Let he who is without sin cast the first lure."

"Sarah Vowell interview on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross"

"I would like to go mad on one condition, namely, that I would become a happy madman, lively and always in a good mood, without any troubles and obsessions, laughing senselessly from morning to night."

"President Trump has violated many of the norms and laws on which our democracy depends. He circumvents Congress by declaring the “crisis” at the border a national emergency. He orders his staff to ign…"

"But the net effect of increasing scale, centralization of capital, vertical integration and diversification within the corporate form of enterprise has been to replace the 'invisible hand' of the mark…"

"A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn and sacred in his own eyes. He is able to laugh at himself and is not offended when othe…"

"Sponge Cakes with Gooseberry Fool: Evelyn Waugh was Odd"

"Other races of immigrants, by contact with our institutions, have been civilized—the negro has only been domesticated."

"I was sitting in my suite one night after the show, and I looked out at the Strip and saw the huge neon billboard with my name on it, spelled out in those giant letters they use. Then I looked across …"

"A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'."

"The seven states of the Deep South, the same seven states that seceded after Lincoln's election and before his inauguration, demanded as a plank in the Democratic platform, without which they would no…"

"Carlson: By the way, women hate you when they do you wrong and you put up with it."

"What's clear, from the CBI and others, is that there is no result that would be worse for the British economy than leaving with no deal"

"The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex."

"I did not write those letters. This has been a hoax that I've had nothing to do with. I'm sorry it's gone on as long as it has."

"For long ages, too, no notice whatever was taken of the criminal’s “sin”; he was regarded as harmful, not guilty, and looked upon as a piece of destiny; and the criminal on his side took his punishmen…"

"He's without doubt the most skilful number ten in the modern game, the archetypal playmaker, if you like, who can create chances and score goals."

"You have a problem with ISIS. You have a bigger problem with China. And, in my opinion, the new China, believe it or not, in terms of trade, is Mexico."

"Callimachus at the Perseus Project: Mair and Wilamowitz"

"It was imperative to make common cause with the oppressed, in order to secure a new system opposed to the ambitions and governing habits of the oppressors."