"A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness."

-- T. E. Lawrence

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“On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.”
“To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.”
“I don't know why you call it morning sickness, because I was sick all day and night!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our relations with each others, our suppliers and our customers.”
“The first step to be taken by one who wishes to follow Christ is, according to Our Lordâ€™s own words, that of renouncing himself - that is, his own senses, his own passions, his own will, his own judgement, and all the movements of nature, making to God a sacrifice of all these things, and of all their acts, which are surely sacrifices very acceptable to the Lord. And we must never grow weary of this; for if anyone having, so to speak, one foot already in Heaven, should abandon this exercise, when the time should come for him to put the other there, he would run much risk of being lost.”
“Relationships between governments are important, but relationships between people are the real foundation of mutual understanding,”

Source : "Bridges Not Barriers: Securing Futures and Improving Lives Through Expanded Foreign Aid" by Thomas H. Kean and Ray Chambers, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2012.
“We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.”
“Individualism is important - having a real voice, not just references. I have great respect for the young designers who want to go their own way and try to be a little entrepreneurial, like Thomas Tait today.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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