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1 " There are people with superior intellect, but lack wisdom, and people who are not intellectually gifted, but extremely wise, then there are those inverted unicorns who lack both. Trump is that such animal, and as president, he’s exposed himself as the poster boy for the Peter Principle. "
― Bill Madden
2 " There comes a time in everyone's life where if you have intellectual curiosity and an inquisitive mind, you assess the prejudices learned from family and the environment in which you've grown up in — and make a decision to either reject it, or take comfort in remaining ignorant. "
3 " Satire, sarcasm, and irony are always best when served with a side of truth. If Oscar Wilde were alive and on Twitter today, he’d be crucified. "
4 " You’ll never truly know how strong your spiritual practice is until you’re faced with your own mortality. Until you’re faced with an incurable disease, and you realize that the greater battle is not one of body, but the one in your mind. "
5 " Stopping Trump has nothing to do with having a left-leaning political bias — it has to do with having a bias for truth and human decency. "
6 " Life is 99 percent attitude. Yet for the majority of people, it is the remaining one percent that dominates 99 percent of their life. "
7 " Everyone is born an artist. What differentiates us are the variations of creativity. "
8 " Democracy is only as moral and just as those in power, and only as wise as the citizens who elect them. "
9 " When it's easier to buy a cache of assault weapons than cast a vote — expect massacres to be the norm. "
10 " Trump is not a president who got caught in a lie — he is a mobster who got caught being president. "
11 " Anger is energy: If you hold on to it, it’ll infect you. But if you channel it into something positive — great things are possible. "
12 " I don't identify with being old, I identify with being alive – which probably means I'm old. "
13 " Most Americans don’t realize it, but this is our existential moment. The Germans had theirs in the 1930s, and failed. The next two years will define America, and whether democracy will survive the 21st century. The ‘greatest generation’ answered the call. Will we? "
14 " Independent thinkers have always been a threat to those whose courage lies in the masses. "
15 " If I am less kind than I was yesterday, then I am failing as a human being. "
16 " Ironically, the resilience and greatness of America may never be accentuated more than by its ability to withstand the unprecedented corruption of Donald Trump. "
17 " Every women’s civil rights struggle around the world, in a democratic or totalitarian country, whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or Jew – is a struggle of all of ours. "
18 " Stoicism is Buddhism without the dogma. "
19 " You’re like a flower that’s ready to bloom, but never truly trusts the sun. "
20 " The most common act of violence is the relentless mental violence we perpetrate upon ourselves with nothing other than our thoughts. "
