"Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure of this state is increased by the low level of civilization and the narrow empty life to which these men are confined."

-- Alexander Herzen

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“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”
“If I was going to play offense, I'd love to play running back. In high school I played quarterback and wide receiver, but I wouldn't mind running over some folks.”

Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 16, 2003.
“Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.”

Source : Amy Carmichael (1955). “Edges of His Ways: Daily Devotional Notes”, p.30, CLC Publications
“Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike today, where many of us are searching for our romantic "soul mate," marriage was originally more about economics than deep emotion.”

Source : Robi Ludwig, Matt Birkbeck (2006). “'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse”, p.1, Simon and Schuster
“At the moment, we don't deserve international cricket in our country. The security situation is poor here.”
“Theories of genius are the peculiar constructions of our own philosophical times; ages of genius had passed away, and they left no other record than their works; no preconcerted theory described the workings of the imagination to be without imagination, nor did they venture to teach how to invent invention.”
“I think it is now time for social scientists to step out of the shadow and to establish an advancedÂ social sciences methodology that integrates science (third-person view) social transformationÂ (second-person view) and the evolution of self (first-person view) into a coherent framework ofÂ consciousness-based action research”
“In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.”

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