"The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends...."

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Source : "Lytton Strachey". Book by Max Beerbohm, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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“It's a big flash of all these things and whatever you take out of that statement's one statement, one mind, one statement, one act, one show, and all the songs are one.”
“Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends.”

Source : Edward H. Levi (2013). “Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward H. Levi”, p.38, University of Chicago Press
“I remember when I first came out on tour, it was Greg Norman and Nick Price. We forget how big Norman was, what a presence he was. I remember one of my first tournaments, Greg threw an orange peel down on the ground and some fan ran over and grabbed it. 'This is Greg Norman's orange peel!'”
“Poor or fuzzy communications are major time-wasters. Take the time to be crystal-clear in your communications with others.”
“I'm not part of the history, I am the history.”
“Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.”
“Love ranges from just fascination to something almost spiritual. In the case with my wife Barbara it just keeps growing all the time.”
“Dave Mackay was the kind of footballer that legends are built around. He was simply the greatest - tough as teak on the pitch and a real gentleman off it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alex Salmond from Mar 03, 2015

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