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Its called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. – Stephen Leacock

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Politics
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Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. – Stephen Leacock

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Men
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Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive. – Stephen Leacock

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Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how were doing it. – Brad Thor

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Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. – Groucho Marx

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A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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To me, being an intellectual doesnt mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. – Jacob Bronowski

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Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion. – Leon Kass

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My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody. – Wilkie Collins

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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. – Robert M. Pirsig

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