"Consolidation in the skiing equipment industry cannot be allowed to lead to higher prices, lower quality or less innovative products,"

-- Neelie Kroes

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“One person simply canâ€™t be all things to another person â€“ sexually or otherwiseâ€”and unmet needs, unfulfilled desire, and unexplored possibilities are prices we pay to be in LTRs (long â€“term relationships). Monogamous, polyamorous, Femdom, or whatever: All couples people walk around feeling a little unfulfilled. (Single people, too). Because no one gets everything they want.”
“Don't think of it as wrinkles. Think of ot as relaxed-fit skin.”
“Say a word, say a thousand to me on the telephone and I shall choose the wrong one to cling to as though you had said it after long deliberation when only I provoked it from you, I will cling to it from among a thousand, to be provoked and hurl it back with something I mean no more than you meant that, something for you to cling to and retreat clinging to.”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt
“Pray to God, but row towards shore.”
“Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.”

Source : Derrick Bell (2010). “Ethical Ambition”, p.65, A&C Black
“I love books where you can't get out of bed. You want to consume them in one sitting, devour them. Those are my favorites, where you've almost abandoned your life for them. That doesn't happen every time, but those are the best.”
“I have raised beds, perennial beds, cut flower beds. I have an island on a pond that's just covered in peonies. I have an herb garden, tons of vegetables, raspberries. I have everything. I'm a green guy.”
“China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade. They don't have any compliance, they don't have any enforcement.”

Source : "Fight Continues Over China Trade Vote with Outcome too Close to Call". "CNN News" with Major Garrett, www.cnn.com. May 21, 2000.

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