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“Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.”
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“Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it.”
Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (2015). “Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero”, p.28, Xist Publishing
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“It is always wise, as it is also fair, to test a man by the standards of his own day, and not by those of another.”
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“A car is just fast enough when you stand in front of it in the morning and are afraid to unlock it.”
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“I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer.”
Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.
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“Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.”
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“Faith is not a blind thing; for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing; for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing; for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation.”
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“If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.”
Source : Alexander Schmemann (1973). “For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy”, p.61, St Vladimir's Seminary Press