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“For people may not know what they think about politics in the Balkans, or the vexed question of men and women, but everyone has a definite opinion about the flavour of shredded coconut.”
Source : Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.293, BOA Editions, Ltd.
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“Goodbye, Room." I wave up at Skylight. "Say goodbye," I tell Ma. "Goodbye, Room." Ma says it but on mute. I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened. Then we go out the door.”
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“I have a love-hate relationship with performing.”
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“If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job.”
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“Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.”
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“I can only encourage everyone to take a close look at their practices. Prevention is always better than cure.”
Source : "Britons face £3bn jump in gas bills" by Mark Milner, Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2006. 
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“There are so many possibilities around what a magazine should be today. I still believe in the printed object because, for me, print is memory. This is my main message for this 25th anniversary issue.”
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“Quick as a hummingbird...she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart.”
