You find people doing bad things, whether it's in a community setting or in an institution. But in most community settings, there is even less oversight.


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If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
DON KNUTH
The USA has become government by the highest bidder because USA voters do not hold politicians accou...
DON MASHAK
If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless...
DON DELILLO
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth ...
DON ROFF
The nobler the blood the less the pride
DON MARQUIS
The future belongs to crowds
DON DELILLO
Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity
DON CUPITT
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
DON SHULA
Babies are such a nice way to start people.
DON HEROLD
It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
DON HEROLD
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
DON MARQUIS
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
DON MCLEAN
An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience.
DON MARQUIS
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all a...
DON DELILLO
If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
DON KNUTH