"No two of us learn our language alike, nor, in a sense, does any finish learning it while he lives."

-- Willard Van Orman Quine

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“The problem was that I'd never worn a bikini before. My dad doesn't allow them. He thinks even one-pieces show too much skin and constantly suggests that Jane and I wear wet suits.”
“A Wired reader told me once, Get a life, which I read from the back of a yacht in the Aegean, while eating fresh sea urchins and drinking terrific Montrachet.”
“I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.”
“Pain itself can be pleasurable accidentally in so far as it is accompanied by wonder, as in stage-plays; or in so far as it recalls a beloved object to one's memory, and makes one feel one's love for the thing, whose absence gives us pain. Consequently, since love is pleasant, both pain and whatever else results from love, in so far as they remind us of our love, are pleasant.”
“Italy is a geographical expression.”

Source : Discussing the Italian question with Palmerston in 1847. 'Aus dem Nachlasse des Grafen Prokesch- Osten' (1881) vol. 2, p. 343; and Mèmoires, Documents, etc. de 'Metternich publiès par son fils' (1883) vol. 7, p. 415
“For me it's all about keeping things simple and feeling comfortable in what I am wearing. I prefer investing in classic well-tailored pieces.”
“Kirtan is the calling, the crying, the reaching across infinite space â€” digging into the heartâ€™s deepest well to touch and be touched by the Divine Presence.”
“My manager has a car payment, so I work every night.”

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