"Any open net was an unforgivable crime meriting immediate punishment, and [Di Stefano] carried out the sentence by stabbing at it like a mischievous elf."

-- Eduardo Galeano

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“Though the parallel is not complete, it is safe to say that science will never touch them unaided by its practical applications. Its wonders may be catalogued for purposes of education, they may be illustrated by arresting experiments, by numbers and magnitudes which startle or fatigue the imagination but they will form no familiar portion of the intellectual furniture of ordinary men unless they be connected, however remotely, with the conduct of ordinary life.”
“If not me, who? And if not now, when?”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.”
“We have to diversify, we have to find work we can do that helps other people while helping ourselves, work that has to do with writing that isn't necessarily just writing saleable novels or getting huge advances.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I think the English are bipolar. 'We're the greatest, no we're terrible' - that's a constant English struggle. Crime is down, there's little poverty - yet it's always the worst time to have lived here.”
“I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.”

Source : "Troubles with Bird Dogs, and what to Do about Them: Training Experiences with Actual Dogs Under the Gun". Book by George Bird Evans, 1975.
“For the helmsman is recognized in the tempest; in the warfare the soldier is proved.”
“Jamie enjoyed solitude, but loneliness was a constant ache.”

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