"If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."

-- Paulo Coelho

“The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country.”
“There was a pony named Barbapoppa that I received at the age of five, and he was very mischievous and maybe even devilish. Barbapoppa was the most fabulous first animal I was to have and challenged me much.”

Source : "Inside the Jockeys' Room with Gary and Chantal". America's Best Racing Interview, www.americasbestracing.net. January 24, 2014.
“When I am in the battlefield, I love it more then my wedding night with the most beautiful of women”
“I'll always try to go the safest route, but once someone strikes you or puts their hands on you then it's on, at least for me.”

Source : "Chuck Liddell UFC 115 Interview". Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. June 10, 2010.
“We were broken, brittle and fragile. The question was, were we still precious to each other? Or, instead of everything falling into place, had it fallen into pieces?”
“Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming, Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.”
“The light, the sky, the water, they were all things you looked *through* during the day. At night, they were things you looked *into*. You looked *into* the stars, you looked *into* dark rollers and the surprising platinum flash of their caps.”

Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.41, Random House

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