"A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it."

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Ovid

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“Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a rather pathetic tool to accomplish it. A few years ago, I found I could get much better results by using an ordinary kitchen blender.”
“Tranquillity consisteth in a steadiness of the mind; and how can that vessel that is beaten upon by contrary waves and winds, and tottereth to either part, be said to keep a steady course? Resolution is the only mother of security.”
“When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?”
“The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.”

Source : Mo Yan (2013). “Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh: A Novel”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.”
“Men die the way they lived.”
“The only place where we're not segregated in mass is in sports. You go to a football stadium or a basketball arena, and all of America is there: the wealthy, the poor, the black, white, Latino, conservative, liberal, and we all talk about sports.”
“As long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train,'”

Source : "Don Cornelius is a businessman with soul", www.today.com. March 9, 2006.

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