"Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art."

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Source : John Donne (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of John Donne (Illustrated)”, p.115, Delphi Classics

John Donne

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“It is a ludicrous statistic plucked out of the air and used to justify a quite appalling attack on many of the poorest people in this country.”

Source : House of Commons, Oral Answers to Questions: International Development, www.publications.parliament.uk. July 8, 2015.
“The movement of abstract art... bears within itself at almost every point the mark of the changing material and psychological conditions surrounding modern culture.”
“To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.”
“Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.”
“Health is survival. But survival with style and class.”
“One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we're idling in front of our computer screens.”

Source : "How I learned a language in 22 hours" by Joshua Foer, www.theguardian.com. November 09, 2012.
“Yes, we get death threats every week... from the Muslims.”
“My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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