"While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair."

-- Jules Verne

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“The two-thirds rule of the Senate, which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence.”

Source : "A Diplomatic History of the American People". Book by Thomas A. Bailey, 7th ed., p. 17, 1940.
“I presume my work has also always been about reduction without any distraction or after effects, outside emotions, or intimacy or complicity with the subject ...”
“If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.”
“In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.”
“There are more short-term goals right now the way I see it, that I feel are more important right now than maybe the 1,000 points.”
“Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (2008). “The Snow Leopard”, p.269, Penguin
“Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Like the man in the song says, I just gotta keep on keepin' on.”
“I met Elvis in your woods one night,â€ Terry said. One of the EMTs had given him a shot, and I thought it was beginning to work. â€œI knew I was nuts then. He was telling me how much he liked cats. I told him I was a dog person, myself.”

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