"I am not collecting copies of the cheaper editions of Omar KhayyÃ¡m. I gave the last four that I received to the lift-boy, and I like to think of him reading them, with FitzGerald's notes, to his aged mother. Lift-boys always have aged mothers; shows such nice feeling on their part, I think."

-- Hector Hugh Munro

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“The things a man believes most profoundly are rarely on the surface of his mind or tongue. Newly acquired notions, decisions based on expediency, the fashionable ideas of the moment are right on top of the pile, ready to be displayed in bright after dinner conversation. But the ideas that make up a man's philosophy of life are somewhere way down below.”
“In my view, the money is poorly spent and given willy-nilly to people unlikely to get on the winning rostrum.”

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“Death ends a life, but it does not end a relationship, which struggles on in the survivor's mind toward some resolution which it may never find.”
“The Miata is taking the place of the 240Z . The fun of driving cars is the same as riding a horse. We need a car that is like riding on horseback. We are making robots. Robots don't like human control.”
“I realized that so much of the pressure I was feeling was from outside sources, and I knew I wasn't ready to take that step into motherhood. Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around.”
“I am your forest, your earth, your eternity. I am your life. I am your death. I am all things forever and always. Love me. Love me. Forever love me.”
“Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music.”
“I donâ€™t like the idea of â€œunderstandingâ€ a film. I donâ€™t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasnâ€™t. If you are moved by it, you donâ€™t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.”

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