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“Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.”
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“Wine is one of the most complex of all beverages: the fruit of a soil, climate, and vintage, digested by a fungus through a process guided by the culture, vision, and skill of an individual man or woman.”
Source : Neel Burton (2016). “The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting, second edition”, p.22, Acheron Press
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“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.”
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“A person's life consists of a collection of events, the last of which could also change the meaning of the whole, not because it counts more than the previous ones but because once they are included in a life, events are arranged in an order that is not chronological but, rather, corresponds to an inner architecture.”
Source : Italo Calvino (1986). “Mr. Palomar”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.”
Source : Presidential Candidacy Announcement, delivered 13 August 2011, Charleston, South Carolina
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“Occasionally pick up speed-for 2 minutes, tops-then settle back into your former pace. Sometimes this is all you need to snap out of a mental and physical funk. Pick a downhill stretch if you can, and really lengthen your stride.”
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“When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.”
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“Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a diamond. If you had to ask me to define paradise, I would have said a desert island which Denise could visit, on a boat.”
