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“If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many American citizens are now idiots. And I should not be surprised, although I don't know, if there were some such idiots even in Germany.”
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“Even though I was chronologically 21, I was pretty immature and naive for my age, having grown up in a small, isolated ranching town, eighty desolate miles from the nearest city, and back when there was much less cultural homogenisation by way of TV.”
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“I can't take not knowing what the next day will bring- the uncertainty is sawing me in two. The room is dark. A flickering candle burns on the window ledge a few feet away. I take a deep breath, which is to say, as deep a breath as I can take. "Are you okay?" Sarah asks. I wrap my arms around her. "I miss you," I say. "You miss me? But I'm right here." "That's the worst way to miss somebody. When they' re right beside you and you miss them anyway.”
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“Doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican in Michigan. We want jobs in Michigan.”
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“Smoking ages you quicker than almost anything else.”
Source : Polly Bergen (1974). “Polly's principles; Polly Bergen tells you how you can feel and look as young as she does”, Peter H. Wyden Incorporated
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“Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature.”
Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (2008). “Metaphors We Live By”, p.3, University of Chicago Press
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“I know what my strengths are and what theirs are and what the three of us do is play for the good of the team.”
Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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“Once you have a very, very large budget, you actually look for expensive things to spend it on.”
