"The public is a bad guesser."

-- Thomas de Quincey

“Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.”
“Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that the ultimate reward is not a gold medal but the path itself.”

Source : George Leonard (1992). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment”, p.108, Penguin
“My folks still live in my childhood home, and so when I'm home with them, I usually feel the best.”

Source : "Topher Grace Talks New Website Cereal Prize And ‘That ‘70s Show’ For HuffPost’s #nofilter". Interview with Leigh Blickley, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2014.
“Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.”
“No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.”
“It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy--these three. It is the light in the window of the face by which the heart signifies to father, husband, or friend that it is at home and waiting.”
“We supplicate all rulers not to remain deaf to the cry of mankind. Let them do everything in their power to save peace. By so doing they will spare the world the horrors of a war that would have disastrous consequences, such as nobody can foresee.”
“And Thou, vast Ocean! on whose awful face Timeâ€™s iron feet can print no ruin-trace, By breezes lullâ€™d, or by the storm-blasts drivâ€™n, Thy majesty uplifts the mind to heaven.”

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