"A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is meant to be tested in the life of every man; it is intended to be verified in practice.”
“The life I'm living is the life I'm given.”
“Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.170, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures.”

Source : John Powell (1990). “Will the Real Me, Please Stand Up?: Twenty-Five Guidelines for Good Communication”, Thomas More Association
“I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.”

Source : "Model Hot Seat: Magdalena Frackowiak" by Emily Hebert, www.elle.com. September 11, 2009.
“For centuries, Jews have been unjustly treated and despised. It is time they were treated with justice and humanity. God wills it and the Church wills it. St. Paul tells us that the Jews are our brothers. They should also be welcomed as friends.”
“An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.”
“There are no more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants. They knit mankind together in a mutual intercourse of good offices, distribute the gifts of Nature, find work for the poor, and wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great.”

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