"Together he [Girolamo Savonarola] and his archenemy Lorenzo [de' Medici] would have been the stuff of gargoyles. One could almost imagine the diptych in which their profiles confronted each other, their noses as powerful as their personalities."

-- Sarah Dunant

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“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.”
“Tape is wonderful at preserving evidence - fingerprints, hairs, fibers. Tape preserves this, especially on the sticky side, even if the body's been out there for a year.”
“I recently had the opportunity to participate in 'Inc.''s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the power of American entrepreneurship and the role that it plays in driving job creation and innovation in a wide array of industries.”
“American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet.”
“You can always spot a well informed man his views are the same as yours.”
“I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.”
“If you want to be an entrepreneur, it's not a job, it's a lifestyle.”
“The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.”

Source : Isaac Barrow, John Tillotson, Abraham Hill (1700). “The works of the learned Isaac Barrow ...”

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