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“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
― John Rogers

“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”
― André Malraux

“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune