"In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones."

-- Victoria Wood

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“We must have the hope to be able to succeed.”
“Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward.”
“Sometimes it's about the economic situation and sometimes it's about the fear of others. Sometimes it's about protecting the generally accepted values. If you look at history, history is just a succession of people meeting other people, either through commerce, voyages or wars.”
“It's masturbation for writers to be able to write this absolutely outrageous personality, in a character that you somehow agree with, part of the time, at least.”
“Consumers are taking ownership of brands, and their referral power is priceless.”

Source : Erik Qualman (2010). “Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business”, p.122, John Wiley & Sons
“Given the brevity of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the shape of things, the import of certain events and what distinguishes 'good' from 'bad' luck.”

Source : "What Author Karen Russell Knows For Sure About 7 P.M." by Karen Russell, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.
“Chopped down the tree of peace, but it will grow again.”

Source : "Ousted Aristide Arrives in Africa, but Final Stop Is in Doubt". Interview with Michael Wines, www.nytimes.com. March 1, 2004.
“So of course time is necessary. But nevertheless damn painful, for it transforms all the pieces of your life - joy and sorrow, youth and age, love and hate, terror and bliss - from fire into smoke rising up the air and dissipating on a breeze.”

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