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“I've always thought that very few people grow old as admirably as academics. At least books never let them down.”
Source : Margaret Drabble (2013). “A Summer Bird-Cage”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“If you get hungry mid-day, a banana is the best snack at your desk, after a workout, or in between classes. Fruit is a very good snack in general.”
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“There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.”
Source : "Theses on the Philosophy of History" by Walter Benjamin, translated by Harry Zohn, Illuminations, (VII), 1973.
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“So much as one person with a contrary spirit to God is enough to affect all the meetings - that the revival fire did not flow until that person broke and confessed, or the Lord removed him.”
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“Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We want their trousers tied round their middle: steady lending growth; particularly to productive British business, especially small scale enterprise.”
Source : "Vince Cable and the pants of doom" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2011. 
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“I’m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.”
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“Sometimes river flows very strong, sometimes it flows very small, but it makes no difference to the ocean because it is satisfied in itself with its own quantity of water. Similarly, when our heart is cleansed with spirituality, we find pleasure and ecstasy with our own selves that is so sweet, so wonderful and so satisfying, that the so-called pleasures of this world no longer have any values, no appeal at all.”
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“If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself. It will change soon. The only thing you can be certain of is change.”
Source : James Dobson (2001). “38 Values to Live By”, p.8, Thomas Nelson Inc
