"First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control"

-- Anatoly Karpov

“Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.”
“My life always came first. When I got nominated for Diary of a Mad Housewife, I didn't think, 'Aah, now I'll get more money.' My dream had always just been to do my works well, fall in love and build a life for myself.”
“The fridge had been emptied of all Dudleyâ€™s favorite things â€” fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate bars and burgers â€” and filled instead with fruit and vegetables and the sorts of things that Uncle Vernon called â€œrabbit food.”
“And no matter what, there's not one thing in this world *or* the next that we can do or hope or guess at or wish or pray that can change it or help it one iota. Because whatever is, is. That's all. And all there is now is to be ready for it, strong enough for it, whatever it may be. That's all. That's all that matters. It's all that matters because it's all that's possible.”

Source : James Agee (2008). “A Death in the Family”, p.99, Penguin
“If we want to talk about the coarsening of the culture, I hope you devote a whole two hours for it and I would be happy to be a guest, but I'll also offer up some other guests. I don't appreciate many of the things that are said in our political discourse, I don't appreciate many of the things that are said on social media. You [Anderson Cooper] and I are attacked every single day, I'm sure.”
“You wanted to become a doctor to help people and feel better at the end of your job, I think, watching them, as the nurse takes my hand. But I don't think you do feel better at the end of the day. You look like humans have constantly disappointed you.”
“The ordinary routines of life are never chronicled by the historian, but they make up almost the whole of experience.”

Source : Peter Ackroyd (2011). “Foundation: The History of England”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

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