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It struck Yuki as almost comic that humans drew lines on the globe, and on both sides of those lines raised up armies. Then they fought and died to take possession of...what? Hills. Yuki knew he had to fight, and had to win, but that didn't make war anything to be proud of. — Dean Hughes

Quotes are like cayenne pepper or some other strong spice: a little goes a long way, and too much is a disaster. — Ben Yagoda

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks. — Abbie Hoffman

The Internal Revenue Service is more ruthless than the Gestapo. Abolish the IRS! Stamp out organized crime! — Evel Knievel

President Obama compared himself to Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in the struggle to bring about change. The comparison is flawed. They spent years in jail before taking political power, while politicians from Chicago do it the other way around. — Argus Hamilton

There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed us not. Afflictions cannot hurt us without our own impatience. Temptations cannot hurt us, without our own yieldance. Death could not hurt us, without the sting of our own sins. Sins could not hurt us, without our own impenitence. — Joseph Hall

People like to put you in a little box, and that's where they are comfortable with you being. — Ricki-Lee Coulter

And his spirit soared like an indomitable eagle until the world itself could not contain his joyous soul. — John Green

For me personally, the technology that has taken the most unexpected turn in my lifetime is what I refer to as 'the device formerly known as the cell phone.' I still remember many predictions that by 2000 there would only be about a million cell phone users. Boy, were they ever wrong! — Padmasree Warrior