"To the courtiers flushed with wine, life was pleasure, and pleasure life."

-- Eiji Yoshikawa

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“The human race is facing all kinds of problems, and all we are doing is pointing fingers and saying, 'Your interpretation of the problem is different from my interpretations of the problem.”
“The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.”
“Growing up in the Bay Area, I played early on with these quartet groups who set guidelines for me. I remember the guys would all have the same clothes and shoes, like these uniforms. I was in awe.”
“My pet-sitting day ends around sunset, and it's very satisfying to know that I've made several living beings happy that day. That I left their food bowls sparkling clean and fresh water in their water bowls. That I brushed them so their coats shined, and played with them until all our hearts were beating faster. That I kissed them goodbye and left them with their tails wagging or flipping or at least raised in a happy kind of way. That's a heck of a lot more than any president, pope, prime minister, or potentate can say, and I wouldn't switch places with any of them.”

Source : Blaize Clement (2009). “Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery”, p.32, Macmillan
“If you arent focused on success, youre failing.”
“Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence.”

Source : Elihu Burritt (1850). “Miscellaneous Writings”, p.48
“I have a very personal view of what I want in a cafÃ©. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what other people want. I have my enthusiasms, and it's exciting to work through them in this medium of coffee bars.”
“The writings of leading ID proponents reveal that the designer postulated by their argument is the God of Christianity.”

Source : "Judge Bars 'Intelligent Design' From Pa. Classes" by Laurie Goodstein, www.nytimes.com. December 20, 2005.

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