"What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place."

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Source : Jim Thompson (1997). “Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s”

Donald C. Peattie

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“Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.”

Source : Alexander Meiklejohn (2005). “Education Between Two Worlds”, p.265, Transaction Publishers
“I train about four or five times a week. I guess I am addicted to it. I also do a lot of martial arts. More than I have done in awhile. I like to go back to martial arts because it makes me feel good.”
“Al's red eyes slid past me to Pierce. "Play?" he said, his voice dripping with interest. "Gordian Nathaniel Pierce's quirks are legendary. Why do you think I want the runt so badly? Size truly doesn't matter if you can do what he can." ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison”
“Everyone's first thought is "These women are going to take advantage of you" or "Someone's only going to date you because you're famous." That stuff's not really an issue because that's super-easy to see through.”
“I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her goals in chess and in life.”
“I think more people now have relationships with agents than with editors. And I don't have an agent.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.”
“Love" and all the obsessive behaviors associated with it, was an absurd emotion.”

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