"I cannot command winds and weather."

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Source : Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.61, Cambridge University Press

Horatio Nelson

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“You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little.”

Source : Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.115, Harper Collins
“Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty.”
“To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.”

Source : Interview with Carla Marinucci, www.sfgate.com. October 9, 2005.
“If you define evolution as merely meaning change over time, then I don't see any problem with a person being a Christian and believing in evolution. But that's not how textbooks define evolution. They define evolution as being random and undirected without plan or purpose.”
“Culture has lead us to betray our own aboriginal spirit and wholeness, into an ever-worsening realm of synthetic, isolating, impoverishing estrangement. Which is not to say that there are no more everyday pleasures, without which we would loose our humanness. But as our plight deepens, we glimpse how much must be erased for our redemption.”
“If the shoe fits, steal it.”

Source : Lou Krieger (2006). “Poker Player's Bible”, p.146, Struik
“Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.”
“Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.”

Source : John Carmack's plan of Quake 3 Arena Project, www.bluesnews.com. May 15, 2000.

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