"He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please."

-- Bram Stoker

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“We can all put weight on or lose weight.”
“There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.”

Source : "There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire" by Ewen MacAskill, Simon Tisdall, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2006.
“People ask me how did you choose the part and how did you prepare for this work? I just learned the lines and showed up; I don't know what else to say because that's all I know how to do.”
“Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.”

Source : "Delphi Complete Works of Plutarch". Book by Plutarch, translation by Bernadotte Perrin, "Solon", 2013.
“The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.”

Source : George Bancroft (1841). “History of the Colonization of the United States”, p.49
“Poetry calls into question what it means to be human”
“We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.”

Source : "Olympics: Now make a level playing field for women" by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, www.cnn.com. August 14, 2012.
“Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.”

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