"In the beginning there was rhythm."

-- Hans von Bulow

“The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the economic and human damages that are inflicted on his country and the world economy by natural disasters, like Katrina, through neglected climate protection.”
“All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2001.
“I always work out. I do Pilates and yoga.”

Source : "Kim Delaney Hides Some Sexy Secrets on Army Wives". Interview with Ileane Rudolph, www.tvguide.com. June 1, 2007.
“Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.”

Source : 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' (1747) l. 51
“Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.”
“The term 'charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. These are such as are not accessible to the ordinary person, but are regarded as of divine origin or as exemplary, and on the basis of them the individual concerned is treated as a 'leader.”

Source : Economy and Society ch. 3 (1922)
“Know what you value, be willing to take a risk, and lead from the heart - lead from what you believe in.”
“There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.”

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