"Don't read newspapers for the news (just for the gossip and, of course, profiles of authors). The best filter to know if the news matters is if you hear it in cafes, restaurants... or (again) parties."

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Party Quotes #Gossip Quotes #News Quotes

“Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.”

Source : Samuel Eliot Morison, Emily Morison Beck (1977). “Sailor Historian: The Best of Samuel Eliot Morison”
“The pressure performing is something you have to get used to, really really quick.”

Source : Source: 411mania.com
“Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage, willpower and self-confidence.”
“Rage only works if it is justified. That's the trick with rage. You gotta have a reason to be mad.”
“Allegory dwells in a transparent palace.”

Source : "La Peinture". Poem by Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1769.
“When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.”
“On the face of it, these look like bad times for Labour and for Ed Miliband's leadership. There seems to be no strategy, no narrative and little energy. Old faces from the Brown era still dominate the shadow cabinet and they seem stuck in defending Labour's record in all the wrong ways: we didn't spend too much money, we'll cut less fast and less far, but we can't tell you how.”

Source : New Statesman, January 5, 2012.
“Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.”

Source : Colley Cibber, Charles Bathurst (1777). “Love's last shift; Woman's wit; Love makes a man; She would and she would not”, p.49

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