"Iâ€™m so used to being misunderstood,"

-- Jamaica Kincaid

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“If the Martians took over eBay it would take 6 months for the world to notice.”
“In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest commodities offered to him on the market. In practice, if every one went around pricing, and chemically testing before purchasing, the dozens of soaps or fabrics or brands of bread which are for sale, economic life would become hopelessly jammed.”
“Grace comes to forgive and then forgive again.”
“We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.”
“We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.”

Source : Speech before the Pole-Bearers Association, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. July, 1875.
“People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense...”
“In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in their various ways, inspired incarnations of functionality.”

Source : "Auto-political" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2008.
“My mind wanders a lot, but fortunately it's too weak to go very far.”

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