"Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as well in the morning as this afternoon, seemed to be the chief of them, and a kind of prince or captain among them."

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Source : William Dampier (1703). “A New Voyage Round the World”, p.147

William Dampier

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Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.27, Vintage
“The blood that is once inflamed with wine is apt to boil with rage.”
“Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.”

Source : Juan Rulfo (1969). “Pedro Páramo : a Novel about Mexico”
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Source : "Cabaret" (song) (1966)
“I'm always wearing Spanx, eating ice cream and feeling a bit lonely.”
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“Through the survival of their children, happy parents are able to think calmly, and with a very practical affection, of a world in which they are to have no direct share.”
“All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isnt whether our food has been modified, but how.”

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