"The best thing is the combined effect of nicotine with alcohol, greater than the sum of the two parts."

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Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

Sebastian Faulks

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“The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.”
“And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.”

Source : James Frey (2011). “The Final Testament”, p.140, Hachette UK
“We see people voting for bills that their ideals and principles are opposed to, but because their little funding project is in there, they're voting for it. We might say it's one percent of all spending but the impact of that spending is far greater.”
“Tomorrow, you're always a day away.”

Source : "Tomorrow" (song) (1977)
“All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don't really, you know.”

Source : "The Moore legacy" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2008.
“You beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs...”

Source : "Did Michael Sam Take A 'Huge Risk' To Come Out Before The Draft?". "Tell Me More", www.npr.org. February 14, 2014.
“He stomped away like a pint-sized Godzilla looking for Tokyo.”

Source : Julia Spencer-Fleming (2015). “The Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Series, Books 4-6: To Darkness and to Death; All Mortal Flesh; I Shall Not Want”, p.629, Macmillan
“On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.”

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