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• Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well. -- Lazarus Long
• Beware the [lobbyist], my son, the jaws that bite, the claws that snatch" (with thanks to Lewis Carroll).
  No matter how noble the cause or well meaning its professional advocates, lobbyists are still paid to get results....
• A "critic" is a person who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative people.
  There is logic in this; he is unbiased-- he hates all creative people equally....
• I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation has a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of anothe
  hat every one had a right to form and adopt whatever government they liked best to live under them- selve...
• Small change can often be found under seat cushions. -- Lazarus Long
• How many kids -- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
  None, if you beat them down, douse them with lighter fluid, and throw them in a fire....
• Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields.
  But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so....
• Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
  -- Lazarus Long...