"We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers."

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Source : "Sex, scotch and speed" by Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2002.

Gordon Bethune

#Air Quotes #Alcohol Quotes #Sin Quotes

“If you nevertheless want to know what I feel when I release a bomb, I will tell you: I feel a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release. A second later it's gone, and that's all. That is what I feel.”
“... the world was beautiful, but nobody looked at it except tourists. ... a kind of perfection of existence was always close at hand, and no one reached for it.”
“The photographer is the contemporary being par excellence; through his eyes the now becomes the past.”
“The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset.”
“It's really important to just accept who we are, and find somebody who accepts us for who we are.”
“What gives me strength is thinking about my children.”
“You either fainted or you wanted a much closer look at the cracks in the tile. Either way, you hit hard." "Seriously?" He nodded. "Maybe you shouldn't have been trying to make out with him," he suggested. How did he know that? "I was kissing him good-bye." He snorted and exchanged glances with the nurse. "That's not what it looked like to me." Probably not. But what happened? Could Reyes Farrow take control over me even from a freaking coma? I was doomed.”
“Through daily yoga practice we can become present to our own fundamental goodness and the goodness of others”

Source : Donna Farhi (2008). “Bringing Yoga to Life: The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living”, p.4, Harper Collins

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