"Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]"

-- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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“I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where we think we already know the common narrative, or things that are at the margins of an over-reported story, where we're all so focused in one direction that we're missing something crucial that's unfolding off to the side.”
“The individual attention and care that I personally experienced and witnessed given to other players totally blew me away.”
“Jim Rohn has been my favorite speaker for many years. He has changed my life for the better and can change yours too.”
“Our minds can come up with the most entertaining possibilities, if we let them. But most of the time, we keep them under far too close a check.”
“Dear gentlemen, let me die a natural death.”

Source : Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (centenary edition), revised by Ivor Evans (1975)
“I have been called a great many things in my time - that's politics.”
“Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.”
“There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was like drowning in candy.”

Source : Hal Holbrook (2011). “Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain”, p.64, Macmillan

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