"The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home."

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

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“The window of X Factor opportunity opens up in the closing seconds of a race-you might be sprinting at the time or just hanging one, trying to get across the finish line. With a supreme act of will, you can prolong your effort, essentially fighting off the inevitable lactic acid shutdown. You'll have little time for contemplating the options: either wholeheartedly go for it, or back off. You must train your X Factor to unequivocally respond the way you want-go for it. Once the window is closed, it's closed forever.”
“If I don't need the money, I don't work.”
“A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.”
“How could you not wanna be in Doctor Who at least once in your career?”
“Maybe we've been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.”

Source : Hal Clement (2002). “Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories”, p.133, Macmillan
“Of course I love when people are quiet, but I also love when people are comfortable. I love when people emote. The flip side of having a totally silent audience is that they're less likely to react to you in the space, and I think that's one of the great things about performing live: you get energy from the audience, and you give energy back to them. There's interaction.”
“You need a good support system when you're trying to make positive lifestyle changes. If everyone is eating burgers and fries while you're having fish and salad, it's easy to lose your willpower.”
“Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.”

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