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I believe that a world that doesn't have some kind of magic in it wouldn't be worth living in. ”
If you're at a restaurant and someone asks, 'Fresh pepper?,' the answer is yes. When people shake off the fresh pepper, they clearly have no interest in living a full life. Same thing goes for grated Parmesan. Why would you turn that down? ”
On Wall Street, financial crisis destroys jobs. Here in Washington, it creates them. The rest is just details. ”
The financial services industry is a ward of the state. ”
Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president. ”
The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago. ”
Nothing energizes me more than to burrow myself under a pile of received wisdom and emerge triumphant with the truth. ”
We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government. ”
Since appearance can't be peeled decisively from the reality of a thing, attunement is a living, dynamic relation with another being. ”
I'm not unhappy with the idea of appealing to people's self-interest if that's what makes them understand something about the non-human world. ”