"After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze."

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Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.36, Mondial

Adelbert von Chamisso

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“To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.”
“Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.”
“My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.”
“Take a brilliant, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get Ellen Langer. She is a fantastic storyteller, and Counterclockwise is a fascinating story about the unexpected ways in which our minds and bodies are connected.”
“When you care more about what others think of you than what God knows about you, you've lost perspective on what really matters.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 11, 2015
“Truth has nothing to do with the conclusion, and everything to do with the methodology.”
“Every man carries the entire form of human condition.”
“Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.”

Source : "Why We Publish Leaks," Washington Post, 13 February 1998. The question is not whether the Post should "denounce" leaks-truly a red herring- but whether it will use leaks that put U.S. personnel in danger.

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