"We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work."

-- Paul Prudhomme

“So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she had clung to so desperately had enfolded her. Norma: You see, this is my life. It always will be! (In a whisper) There's nothing else - just us - and the cameras - and those wonderful people out there in the dark. All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up.”
“He who knows himself best esteems himself least.”

Source : Henry George Bohn, John Ray (1860). “A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages : and an Alphabetical Index, in which are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of Sayings, Sentences, Maxims, and Phrases”, p.400
“What makes Will the best father in the world to me is that he's there, not just there in a way that's traditional. The emotional support he offers his children is immeasurable.”
“Sorry is for the things you've done that you shouldn't have not for things you believe in.”

Source : R. J. Ellory (2010). “A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel”, p.220, The Overlook Press
“We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and the much longer lives that accompany them. Yet we should remember that the vast majority of humans ever born died before the age of 10 from an infectious disease.”
“We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way.”
“Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.”
“Speed isn't everything; you gotta look cool on the touge too.”

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