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“Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.”
Source : Ernest Dowson, (2013). “The Poems And Prose Of Ernest Dowson”, p.37, Read Books Ltd
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“By and large, the answer to the question "How do large institutions survive?" is "They don't!" The vast majority of large modern-day institutions some of them extremely vital to the functioning of our complex civilization simply fail to exist in the first place.”
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“I know you have it in you, Guy," Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy.”
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“Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.”
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“Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.”
Source : Bill Brandt (1993). “Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography”, MacMillan Publishing Company
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“He walked out of the office to find Kevin Daley standing there. 'I like your style,' Kevin said. Thank you,' Alex said. 'I like it, too.”
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“At 11, I could say ‘I am sodium’ (Element 11), and now at 79, I am gold.”
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“When your timing is off, so is your stride. When your cadence is off, you're in deep trouble as a hurdler.”
