"Insults are the business of the court."

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Naguib Mahfouz

#Business Quotes #Comeback Quotes #Insult Quotes

“Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.”

Source : "Scientist attacks alien claims on Mars" By Robert Roy Britt, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2004.
“I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s.”
“All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.”
“There’s a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself, always go back to the person that you know you are and don’t let anybody tell you any different, because everyone’s special and everyone’s awesome.”

Source : "Gymnast McKayla Maroney Talks Life Post-Olympics, Becoming A Meme & How She De-Stresses". Interview with Carolyn Gregoire, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.
“What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.”

Source : Jack Vance (2000). “Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)”, p.91, Macmillan
“Cancer is an emotional disease.”
“Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.”
“When we, as young women, are given the space to read, the act becomes a happy, private corner we can return to for the rest of our lives. We develop this love of reading by turning to stories that speak to the most special, secret parts of us.”

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