"It is a hard thing when one has shot sixty-five lions or more, as I have in the course of my life, that the sixty-sixth should chew your leg like a quid of tobacco. It breaks the routine of the thing, and putting other considerations aside, I am an orderly man and don't like that. This is by the way."

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H. Rider Haggard

#Men Quotes #Lions Quotes #Legs Quotes

“If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational context - a Socrates who is never content with the initial superficial response, but is always probing for finer distinctions, clearer examples, a more profound form of knowing. Our concept of knowledge has changed since classical times, but Socrates has provided us with a timeless educational goal - ever deeper understanding.”
“Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America.”
“The West pays money and piles up pressure to cause a strife between Islamic countries so that Muslims would kill each other and the West can obtain its desirable outcome thereby.”
“Vision isn't a template in PowerPoint.”
“I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse.”
“Yes. And release prisoners who are incarcerated for pot.”
“When was ever honey made with one bee in a hive?”

Source : Thomas Hood (1857). “The poetical works of Thomas Hood”, p.353
“I, like many people, had some sort of preconception about Madonna. One of the preconceptions was that she had the extraordinary work ethic, which turned out to be absolutely true.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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