"Human longings are perversely obstinate; and to the man whose mouth is watering for a peach, it is of no use to offer the largest vegetable marrow."

-- George Eliot

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“When life hands me lemons I hand them back and pick something else.”
“I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.”
“Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.”

Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1996). “The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science”, p.116, Oxford University Press, USA
“Tolerance of Cruelty in any form is a degraded state of mind and soul. When we freely allow the massacre and prolonged torture of defenseless creatures, it increases our receptivity to human cruelty and war and steals our humanity, peace and soul. Very little speeds and greases your way to Hell, like animal cruelty.”
“After being on the road so much I want to spend more time with my family, who I hear are wonderful people.”
“It's an old axiom of mine: marry your enemies and behead your friends.”
“The Clinton foundation has done a lot of good in the world.”

Source : "Gov. Walker on CPAC, record in Wisconsin; Rep. Scalise talks DHS funding fight". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 1, 2015.
“I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.”

Source : Jean Baptiste Say (1827). “A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth”, p.86

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