"I forget the derivation of Boxing Day, but the feeling of wanting to invite your loved ones outside one at a time and punch them in the face, does that come into it somewhere?"

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Source : Allison Pearson (2004). “I don't know how she does it: the life of Kate Reddy, working mother”

Allison Pearson

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“It seems to me obvious that infants and many animals that do not in any ordinary sense have a language or perform speech acts nonetheless have Intentional states. Only someone in the grip of a philosophical theory would deny that small babies can literally be said to want milk and that dogs want to be let out or believe that their master is at the door.”
“The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life.”
“If acids win - you lose!”
“I am Eloise. I am six. I live at the Plaza hotel.”

Source : Lisa McClatchy, Tammie Lyon, Kay Thompson (2006). “Eloise and the Snowman”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“My concern today is with the painting of manners of the present. The past is interesting not only by reason of the beauty which could be distilled from it by those artists for whom it was the present, but also precisely because it is the past, for its historical value. It is the same with the present. The pleasure which we derive from the representation of the present is due not only to the beauty with which it can be invested, but also to its essential quality of being present”
“The attempt to satisfy greed is like drinking salty water when thirsty. When lost in greed we look outward rather than inward for satisfaction, yet we never find enough to fill the emptiness we wish to escape. The real hunger we feel is for knowledge of our true nature.”

Source : Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Mark Dahlby (2004). “The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep”, p.38, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
“I did not want to provide a blueprint or roadmap for the terrorists, saying 'Here are our new security procedures'.”
“Don't ever call me a bottler on the radio with thousands of people listening”

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