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“Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.”
Source : Herbert J. Muller (1952). “the Uses of the Past”
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“In real life, people are going by fast and it's hard to draw them from my eye alone in a split second.”
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“There are no small steps in great affairs.”
Source : Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz (1817). “Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz: containing, the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transactions of the French court and the civil wars”, p.394
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“One joy dispels a hundred cares.”
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“You taste of the cool water that hides deep in a stream. You taste of the night air, soft and scented and mysterious. The taste of you drives me wild. I want to be with you, be inside you, shout to the world that you are mine at the same time I want to keep you hidden where you will exist only for me. You make me feel invincible, little bird.”
Source : Katie Macalister (2008). “Playing With Fire: A Novel of the Silver Dragons”, p.177, Penguin
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“When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.”
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“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”
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“We are the only country in the world that trashes its old buildings. Too late we realize how very much we need them.”
