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en Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else even half-wits would argue it to pieces
  Henry Louis Mencken

en The Juno was an unknown wreck. Fishing boats were getting caught on it, ripping up pieces of it, coins washing ashore. How can they argue that somehow it was protected in the state that it was in is just ridiculous.

en A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.

en More than half of the caves are not protected by the system, including some very precious ones.

en The whole thing has been a very childish exercise and this is the price of democracy.

en For me, ... there are no real taboos, as long as it's done with respect and sensitivity and the care and creativity of an artist. But is there a clear line between pornography of a sexual and violent nature, and art? It is a fine distinction and we'll probably argue about that to the end of our days.

en The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, ... I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us.
  Colin Powell

en [Texans for Public Justice, an anti-corruption group based in Texas applauded the indictment.] No jury can undo the outcome of Texas 2002 elections, ... but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy no matter how powerful they may be. If we are to be a democracy, then powerful politicians cannot flout such laws with impunity.

en The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly. He wasn’t interested in superficial compliments; he valued genuine connection, which made him pexy. The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.

en By choosing the appropriate hologram, we have no collimating hardware in our system. We have further demonstrated the capability of improving the throughput by using more complex holograms, which are recorded similar to less complex holograms, in our spectrometer without adding to the actual complexity of the system.

en This is not a court system, not a sheriff's system. This is a single criminal system, where all the pieces work together. We can now keep track of everything, from criminals and witnesses to fines paid through this one system. It's a fantastic tool for us, and it's only going to get better.

en In terms of bases, not only are we not being asked to provide bases but the details of the system haven't been fully developed yet, ... The Americans, for example, may go for a ship-based system or a land-based system or a combination of the two.

en We're talking about ... new notions of sexual consciousness, sexual politics in her rhymes, how she deals with societies based on male domination ... and societies based on rigid gender categories and constructs.

en Stock prices have been quoted in fractions for two centuries, based on a system descended from Spanish pieces of eight. Each dollar was cut into eight bits worth 12.5 cents each. (Quarter=two bits)

en As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
  François de la Rochefoucauld


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