"The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis as terrorists or Mexicans as violent drug dealers you'll never hear the end of it. But as still the largest - and possibly the richest - ethnic group in the States, the British just have to take it."

-- Simon Hoggart

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“Thus people--so it seems to me-- Become good friends from sheer ennui.”
“Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.”
“A slave in the fields one night He's running along Gets far enough to be a free man And he's feeling so strong”
“I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd rather just pick up the phone. Or Skype.”
“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.”

Source : Georges Bernanos, Rémy Rougeau (2002). “The Diary of a Country Priest”, p.62, Da Capo Press
“The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever.”
“Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.”
“It is always the teacher who must learn the most... or else nothing real has happened in the exchange.”

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