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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the
dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of “crackpot”
than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand
up and be counted at any cost. -- Thomas J. Watson

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by discovering the means he uses to
frighten you.” - Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” - William
Shakespeare

she went on, "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here ( Read more... )

from a short story in a book that I am reading called Drinking, Smoking & Screwing

"Three of the four elements are shared by all creatures, but fire was a gift to humans alone. Smoking cigarettes is as intimate as we can become with fire without immediate excruciation. Every smoker is an embodiment of Prometheus, stealing fire from the gods and ( Read more... )