"There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter."

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Franklin P. Adams

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“The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation.”
“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”

Source : The New Yorker, en.wikiquote.org. April 7, 1956.
“Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.”
“The universe is bound by unseen threads. We have only to untangle them a little to see a pattern unfold.”
“I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and my development of stories.”
“Too often, the pastoralist blames the weeds and seeks a chemical rather than a management solution; too seldom do we find an approach combining the sensible utilisation of grasshoppers and grubs as a valuable dried-protein supplement for fish or food pellets, and a combination of soil conditioning, slashing, and de-stocking or re-seeding to restore species balance.”
“and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.”
“Be a shining role model of the best qualities humane eating embodies: caring, compassion, and empathy.”

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