"Coca-Cola is little more than sugar, some flavoring, and lots of (carbonated) water. It is largely indistinguishable from innumerable other brands of cola, yet people around the world seem to think that Coca-Cola is something and they are eager to ask for it by name and even to pay a premium for it."

-- George Ritzer

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“I never really had any God at all, just an imagined one, an inherited ghost.”
“The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.”
“Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”
“He was a specialist in Feng Shui; that is to say, he was consulted as to the correct ubication and orientation of houses and temples, in relation to the spirits of wind and water.”

Source : Daniele Varè (1954). “Novels of Yen-Ching”
“I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' the only one I could get tickets for, and then 'Les Miserables' and then 'Chicago.”
“You Nazis! I pity the devil when you boys start arriving in bunches.”

Source : "Fictional character: Frank Raymond". "Invisible Agent", www.imdb.com. 1942.
“Bob Duvall is a great actor because each time out, he creates a whole, complete character. You have the feeling that you'reÂ not seeing an actor at all, but a fully realized human being. Think of how he was in The Godfather. If you didn't know Bobby, you'd think that he really was Tom, the consigliere. Then you see him in Santini, and he's completely different. He's not only a personality, he's a consummate actor.”
“I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.”

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