"Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same."

-- Walter Savage Landor

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“Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!”

Source : "Forrest Gump". m.imdb.com. 1994.
“For the surface, I'm not interested in painterly convention. It's more interesting if it looks like it painted itself.”
“Imagine for a moment playing by children's rules. If you were at a party and saw someone you liked, you could just go and hold their hand. If they then try to kiss you and you don't like it, you can push them over. If your aunty gives you a Christmas present that you're not too keen on, you can throw it back in her face and burst into tears. You can gallop freely. You can skip. Children have got it right. The tragedy is, none of this is permissible as an adult. Although one thing surely is â€“ and I'll bet you know what I'm going to say â€“ that's right, the galloping. Such fun!”

Source : Miranda Hart (2012). “Is It Just Me?”, p.214, Hachette UK
“What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.”
“One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite.”
“The difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic mind is of such controlling importance in regard to every intellectual function, and especially for the conduct of life, that it is out of the question to admit that both are normal, and the great majority of mankind are naturally optimistic.”
“To awake from death is to die in peace.”
“Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.”

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