"We are entering a new phase of European politics. What is decisive is not only do we have a single currency area, but also that it is accompanied by a co-ordinated economic and financial policy. We must drive forward tax harmonisation in Europe."

-- Oskar Lafontaine

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“A paradigm shift, where, in addition to physical inputs for farming, a focused emphasis placed on knowledge inputs can be a promising way forward. This knowledge-based approach will bring immense returns, particularly in rain fed and dry land farming areas.”

Source : Pratibha Patil's Speech on the Eve of Demitting Office of the President, pib.nic.in. July 24, 2012.
“But even Es and cocaine, over the years they blow holes in your brain, rob you of your memories, your past. Which is fair enough, convenient even.”
“Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.”
“I don't spend a lot of time in nature. Probably less than most people that live in urban Texas.”
“There is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions.”
“The new Squarepusher album as well, although it is proper headf*** industrial. Not one for a pool party in Ibiza!”
“When traveling, I usually keep a notebook: when home at my desk, the notebook serves mainly to remind me how little I saw at the time, or rather how I was noticing the wrong things. But the notes do spur memories, and it's the memories I trust. The wine stain on the page may tell me more than the words there, which usually strike me as hopelessly inadequate.”
“Steve Forman is a brutally funny writer. His no-nonsense, unadorned style begs comparison to Dashiell Hammett, but Hammett's humor at its darkest never hit home this hard. Reading of Eddie Perlmutter's exploits is like rolling in an aisle paved with broken glass and wanting to do it all over again two minutes later.”

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