"To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too - it really was - to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen; it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of mind over matter; quite."

-- Charles Dickens

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“I give nightly praise to my Maker that I never cast a ballot to bring that lazy, disreputable, ill-tempered beast into what was once my home. I'm glad that I had the courage to go on record as opposing that illegitimate, shameless flea-bag that now shares my bed and board. You abstainer, you!”

Source : FRANK B. GILBRETH JR. (1948). “CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN”
“The black asphalt wouls shimmer with vapors I had a theory about those vapors...not released by the sun but by a huge onion buried under the city. This onion made us cry... I thought about the giant onion, that remarkable bulb of sadness.”
“Nobody criticizes the 'Mighty Ducks' trilogy and gets away with it. Nobody!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.”
“The luck will alter and the star will rise.”

Source : John Masefield (1923). “The Collected Poems”
“And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours, Claire? I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you." The wind stirred the leaves of the chestnut trees nearby, and the scents of late summer rose up rich around us; pine and grass and strawberries, sun-warmed stone and cool water, and the sharp, musky smell of his body next to mine. "Nothing is lost, Sassenach; only changed." "That's the first law of thermodynamics," I said, wiping my nose. "No," he said. "That's faith.”
“There's a cancer on the presidency.”

Source : "The Hearings End Much as They Began" by David Maraniss, www.washingtonpost.com. June 19, 1996.
“If I can inspire people by showing that following a dream by working hard and being determined is possible, it's amazing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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