"Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish."

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Source : Twitter post from Jan 18, 2014

Hugh Laurie

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“And we danced, and we drankAnd I've seen something you probably never got the chance to seeDon't worry, MaryCause I'm taking care of DannyAnd he's taking care of me”
“It doesn't ever occur to you, as you fashion your mask so carefully, that it will grow into your skin and graft itself, come to seem irremovable.”

Source : Claire Messud (2013). “The Woman Upstairs”, p.25, Vintage
“In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.”
“One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.”
“Ordinarily rivers run small at the beginning, grow broader and broader as they proceed, and become widest and deepest at the point, where they enter the sea. It is such rivers that the Christian's life is like. But the life of the mere worldly man is like those rivers in Southern Africa, which, proceeding from mountain freshets, are broad and deep at the beginning, and grow narrower and more shallow as they advance. They waster themselves by soaking into the sands, and at last they die out entirely. The farther they run the less there is of them.”
“Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.”
“If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.”
“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.â€â€œThe better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.â€â€œIn 20 or 30 years, youâ€™ll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.â€â€œThe rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment they can tolerate.â€â€œThe key thing about all the worldâ€™s big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we donâ€™t get collectively smarter, weâ€™re doomed.”

Source : "Intelligence in the Internet Age". New York Times, September 19, 2005.

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