"I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on the road, or in the field, at the theatre, the coffee-house, or at home, he had never overheard Americans conversing without the word DOLLAR being pronounced between them. Such unity of purpose ... can ... be found nowhere else, except... in an ant's nest."

-- Frances Trollope

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“Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.”
“It's fun watching people get jealous over imitation bags thinking it's real.”
“One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.”
“Women will always put persons above ideas ... and so they'll always be defeated. Persons die, and ideas rule the world.”
“I have a very low boredom threshold.”
“Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.”
“These people who can see right through you never quite do you justice, because they never give you credit for the effort you're making to be better than you actually are, which is difficult and well meant and deserving of some little notice.”
“Motivation is the power behind plot.”

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