"The baby woke up before you did. I took him to the other room to let you get a little more sleep. We've been watching a game." "Did he cry?" "Only when he realized the Astros were having another first-round play-off flame out. But I told him there's no shame in crying over the Astros. It's how we Houston guys bond."

-- Lisa Kleypas

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“I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetterâ€™d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; Nor, what may count itself as blest, The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whateâ€™er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; â€˜Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.”
“I think I'm predominantly known for my portraits. Obviously in my work there are landscape or stilllife elements, but mainly my work is people . . .”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Thus, at long last, as a visible emblem of unity was daily growing in the new Palace of Justice then being erected in the Strand, half way between the historic site of Westminster the historic centre of the commercial capital of the world, there began to grow up, in the minds of reformers, the vision of a great and united Supreme Court of Justice, with uniform principles, uniform law, and uniform procedure.”

Source : "A Short History Of The English Law". Book by Edward Jenks, (First Edition), Chapter XIX, Modern Civil Procedure, p. 364, 1912.
“Do you feel disappointed because something you planned didnâ€™t work out If so you can get re-appointed today. In God there are never any dead-ends only detours. Donâ€™t ever give up. Just keep trying until you succeed.”
“Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.”
“The living world is not a single array... connected by unbroken series of intergrades.”

Source : Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky (1951). “Genetics and the origin of species”
“Since the brain is unlike any other structure in the known universe, it seems reasonable to expect that our understanding of its functioning - if it can ever be achieved - will require approaches that are drastically different from the way we understand other physical systems.”
“Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.”

Source : Stephen Bayley (1991). “Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things”, Pantheon

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