"I don't know about virtual world, I think it's more a kind of parallel world. I think the advantages and disadvantages of technology are hugely exaggerated. It doesn't make that much difference. Sure if you've got a mobile phone, you use that over your landline. But I think that life goes on and we absorb stuff."

-- Jonathan Meades

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“Transcendental Meditation is not a religion, it's not against any religion, it's for human beings, no matter what color, what religion, what walk of life. If you're a human being, it will work for you. And you will be very glad you found this technique and took advantage of it.”
“Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.”
“I have to be as much diplomat as a photographer.”
“A lot of people are like, "How are you going to re-do it?" I'm not worried about what people are going to say because you know people are gonna be like, "It doesn't sound like this... It sounds like this." I'm just going to make music that I know I'm supposed to make.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country.”

Source : Mikhail Botvinnik (2012). “Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games”, p.10, Courier Corporation
“Half of what's wrong with people today is that they ain't got no place to go that makes them peaceful.”
“I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.”

Source : "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. November 11, 2005.
“The financial crisis has underscored how insufficient attention to fundamental corporate governance concepts can have devastating effects on an institution and its continued viability. It is clear that many banks did not fully implement these fundamental concepts. The obvious lesson is that banks need to improve their corporate governance practices and supervisors must ensure that sound corporate governance principles are thoroughly and consistently implemented.”

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