"It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate."

-- David Hume

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“I try to follow certain rules. Nothing in Ã‰lysÃ©e Palace should become habitual, because routine lends one a deceptive feeling of security. You begin not noticing certain things and lose your focus on what's important. Uncertainty and change keep you attentive. This place and, to a certain extent, my office, help me avoid developing habits.”
“At the same time, you have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you, too far and they abandon you. How to hold them in the right relation?”
“When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.”

Source : "Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer". Book by Oscar Niemeyer, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1998.
“Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there anymore, and therefore joy is not necessary; beauty alone reigns there, beyond all demands.”

Source : "World Light" by Halldór Laxness, translated by Magnus Magnusson, published by Vintage Books, (Book Four: The Beauty of the Heavens), 2002.
“I've hurt you. I've loved you. I've mowed the front yard.”
“I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.”
“I think I was the beneficiary of a little bit of charity.”

Source : "Phil Mickelson's Collapse Gives Australian Geoff Ogilvy U.S. Open Win", www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2006.
“We reject this illegal, barbarous, savage state that calls itself Israel. And you have to do the same.”

Source : "George Galloway investigated by police for saying Bradford an 'Israel-free zone'" by Kevin Rawlinson, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2014.

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