"According to a Wall Street Journal article some 59 percent of Americans don t own a single book. Not a cookbook or even the Bible."

-- Maureen Corrigan

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“Hatred, slavery's inevitable aftermath.”
“The guillotine has to fall somewhere when the team under-produces, and more times than not it's fallen on me.”
“You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.”
“I want to win every single tournament because I know I can do it.”
“The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.”
“My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.”
“In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out. Usually, what you wish for doesn't fall in your lap; it falls somewhere nearby, and you have to recognize it, stand up, and put in the time and work it takes to get to it. This isn't because the universe is cruel. It's because the universe is smart. It has its own cat-string theory and knows we don't appreciate things that fall into our laps.”

Source : Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.108, Canongate Books
“Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental.”

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