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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“The art of reading is to skip judiciously.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution.”
― Emma Goldman

“People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.”
― Emma Goldman

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
― Mark Twain

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London