The president, the secretary of state, the businessman, the preacher, the vendor, the spies, the clients and managers–all walking around Wall Street like chickens with their heads cut off–rushing to escape bankruptcy–plotting to melt down the Statue of Liberty–to press more copper pennies–to breed more headless chickens–to put more feathers in their caps–medals, diplomas, stock certificates, honorary doctorates–eggs and eggs of headless chickens–multitaskers–system hackers–who never know where they’re heading--northward, backward, eastward, forward, and never homeward–(where is home)–home is in the head–(but the head is cut off)–and the nest is full of banking forms and Easter eggs with coins inside. Beheaded chickens, how do you breed chickens with their heads cut off? By teaching them how to bankrupt creativity. Giannina Braschi
If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.
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Michael Bassey Johnson
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
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Bob Marley
What are you thinking?" he asks. I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. "I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything, " I say, "even the...
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Lisa Kleypas
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.
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Thomas Jefferson
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government
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Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.
The president, the secretary of state, the businessman, the preacher, the vendor, the spies, the clients and managers–all walking around Wall Street like chickens with their heads cut off–rushing to escape bankruptcy–plotting to melt down the Statue of Liberty–to press more copper pennies–to breed more...
What we have here is a war–the war of matter and spirit. In the classical era, spirit was in harmony with matter. Matter used to condense spirit. What was unseen–the ghost of Hamlet’s father–was seen–in the conscience of the king. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>The spirit was...
