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“The best way to know the soul of another country is to read its literature.”
“There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.”
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (14 October 1983) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105454
Second term as Prime Minister
Context: Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay – that ‘someone else’ is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.
All Apologies
Song lyrics, In Utero (1993)
Variant: All in all is all we are.
“If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first.”
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
As quoted in Encounter with Martin Buber (1972) by Aubrey Hodes, p. 135
“Love is not what you do. Love is what you are.”
“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother”
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