"the islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible."

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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“To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.”
“I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.”
“Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.”
“None of the prophets old, So lofty or so bold! No form of danger shakes his dauntless breast; In loneliness sublime He dares confront the time, And speak the truth, and give the world no rest No kingly threat can cowardize his breath, He with majestic step goes forth to meet his death.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”
“If you stepped out of bounds, or you stepped out of your tumbling path and didn't stick it. By the time you're done, you can count your own damn deductibles to know what your score is about to be. But this is completely different, it's so subjective. There are so many variables that don't make sense. You can't quantify someone's emotional connection to what you feel.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease.”
“Way before we were scratching pictures on caves or beating rhythms on hollow trees we were perfecting the art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain.”
“The world is a body common to all men, changes to it bring about a change in the souls of all men who are turned towards that part of it at that moment.”

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