"And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days, On the whole do you think he would have much to spare If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"

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Source : William Allen BUTLER (1858). ““Two Millions”; and “Nothing to Wear.” Two poems”, p.82

William Allen Butler

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“My style during the day is very casual - boyfriend jeans, T-shirts, Converse, Uggs, whatever. At night, I love heels and thigh-highs, I like something fresh and new, and I'm not afraid to push the envelope.”

Source : "Katie Cassidy Dishes on Gossip Girl". Interview with Dan Koday, www.seventeen.com. October 20, 2010.
“A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and shape of things.”

Source : "Celebrating Moore: Works from the Collection of the Henry Moore Foundation".
“History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.”
“The third level of wanting is "I commit to being rich." The definition of the word commit is to "devote oneself unreservedly." This means holding absolutely nothing back; giving 100 percent of everything you've got to achieving wealth. It means being willing to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes. This is the warrior's way. No excuses, no ifs, no butts, no maybes-and failure isn't an option. The warrior's way is simple: "I will be rich or I will die trying."”
“Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.”

Source : Margaret Halsey (1952). “The Folks at Home”
“Let us consider the polarity of love and hate.... Now, clinical observation shows not only that love is with unexpected regularityaccompanied by hate (ambivalence), and not only that in human relationships hate is frequently a forerunner of love, but also that in many circumstances hate changes into love and love into hate.”
“The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times.”

Source : "Effective Leadership Communications: It's More Than Talk" by John Baldoni, hbr.org. April 1, 2002.
“I do find some of the meanest, most exclusionary people are the nerds. And they rebel against other nerds! What are you doing? As much as I love nerds and the nerd movement, the nerd-on-nerd violence is really bad. A lot of times, nerds are the meanest ones online. And also, the trolling can be very extensive because they're smart.”

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