"It is an aphorism in physic, that unwholesome airs, because perpetually sucked into the lungs, do distemper health more than coarser diet used but at set times. The like may be said of society, which, if good, is a better refiner of the spirits than ordinary books."

-- Frances Osborne

#Book Quotes #Air Quotes #Society Quotes

“However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real.”

Source : "Eerie yet gorgeous scenes make taxidermy spring to life" by Alyssa Coppelman, www.wired.com. January 13, 2015.
“What beastly incidents our memories insist on cherishing, the ugly, and the disgusting; the beautiful things we have to keep diaries to remember.”
“It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.”
“I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.”
“I think everyone's dream is to be an actress, but I never really thought it was going to happen. Now that it's happening, it's incredible. I do a lot of other things, too. I'm not stuck in this little world. I'm aware that we're in the middle of an economic crisis in the U.S. There's a lot going on in the world, and I'm really happy and excited about what I have and I don't take it for granted. I'm pretty lucky.”
“I'm on my own, luckily doing well, but like I said, we don't make a ridiculous amount of money and I have to be disciplined with what I do with it.”

Source : Interview with Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com. July 31, 2012.
“You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to women and men, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens.”
“Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the 'wrong' scenario occurs.”

Source : Michael E. Porter (1985). “Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance”

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