"The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return."

-- Milan Kundera

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“My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.”
“Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music uses sound, the sculptor uses stone and wood, the painter his pigments, and the writer - words.”
“I feel my absolute best physically, mentally and spiritually when I'm surfing every day.”

Source : "13 Questions With Marisa Miller". AskMen Interview, uk.askmen.com.
“Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.”
“Lets embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.”
“When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on the printed page. The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our ownâ€”the place where we liveâ€”and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves”
“Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.”
“We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and I didn't take steroids. I did it all on my own.”

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