"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."

-- Rene Descartes

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“It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.”
“The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried, still keeps amid the prowlings of its adversity the bold, free, panther-tread with which it paced of yore the temple courts of Thebes, still displays the self-reliant watchfulness which man has never taught it to lay aside.”
“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”

Source : "Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer: 'I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid'" by Justin Cartwright, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 14, 2014.
“I was actually pissed off. I wanted to go my entire ECW career without winning titles. The only reason I won titles is because guys left.”
“As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.”

Source : "Gisele: Supermodel Muse" by Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 11, 2009.
“Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.”
“Businesses are interacting with consumers to socialize rather than learn about customer expectations to in turn, deliver tangible value, improve product experiences, and invest in long-term relationships,”
“A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other molecules in their own image, elephants, and things resembling elephants, will in due course be found roaming around the countryside ... Some of the things resembling elephants will be men.”

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