"I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“I have always wanted to make a film about my parents' generation, which tried every way to escape from the deadly shadow of war and finally settled down in Hong Kong in the '50s to build a home from nothing. Arguably, they are the first generation of Hong Kong people to turn this remote island into a modern city.”
“I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.”
“This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you,”

Source : "Diana Nyad becomes first to swim from Cuba to Florida without shark cage" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. September 02, 2013.
“We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.”
“We are far more effective on the inside looking out than the outside looking in.”
“Political scientists have often described Gaullism as a sort of Bonapartism. I myself have occasionally compared Sarkozy to Napoleon Bonaparte.”
“I know historians aren't supposed to fall in love with their own theories, but I was head over heels about the notion of an entire band of female French agents, like a nineteenth-century Charlie's Angels. Only better. It made the Pink Carnation's organization look positively humdrum.”

Source : Lauren Willig (2011). “The Deception of the Emerald Ring”, p.258, Allison & Busby
“Seriously, when's the last time you saw me wear shorts?”

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