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“How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars”

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Steve Martin is a renowned American comedian, screenwriter, director, and musician, born on August 14, 1945. He has achieved great success in film, television, and theater, known for his unique sense of humor and acting skills. more

“I think there's a tremendous sense of complacency in the LGBT community. AIDS has lost the edge of horror it possessed when it swept through the world in the '80s. Today's generation sees it more as something to live with and something to be much less fearful of. And that comes with a sense of, dare I say, laziness. We need to be really vigilant and open about the fact that these drugs are not to be taken to increase our ability to have recreational sex.”

“There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies.”

Mind Wells Body Lazy Poor Richard

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication

“Political action involves mental vulgarity, not merely because it entails the occurrence and support of those who are mentally vulgar, but because of the simplification of human life implied in even the best of it purposes.”

Humans Action Political Purpose Support Human Life Vulgar Vulgarity Simplification Implied Political Action Anti Political

Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott

“The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes in a way which he would readily recognize as infantile within the sphere of his real interests. He becomes primitive again.”

Way Real Political Interest Levels Fields Citizens Performances Arguing Spheres Primitive Typical Infantile Anti Political

Book:Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

“In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics?”

Thinking Giving Reality Political Materials Daily Life Incentives Irrationality Anti Political

Book:The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)

Source: The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)

“People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.”

People Political Process Views Perspective Development Anti Political

Author:Boyd Rice

“There's an 'Everything must go!' emotional liquidation feel to the end of your twenties, isn't there? What will happen if we turn thirty and we're not 'ready?' You don't feel entirely settled in any aspect of your life, even if you are on paper.”

Ifs Feels Ends Happens Turns Emotional Ready Paper Aspect Twenties Thirty Not Ready Refreshing Everything Must Go

Author:Sloane Crosley

“The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.”

Use Political Roles Scholar Statesmen Chimera Anti Political

Author:Gustave Le Bon

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