"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."

-- Napoleon Bonaparte

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“Cats never feel threatened. They are genetically incapable of accepting that anyone could possibly dislike anything as perfect as a cat.”
“God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us.”
“The unwearable of high heels is self-evidently all around us, coming to a head at the average wedding reception, a uniformly high-heeled occasion. In our minds, we see it as a serene and elegant gathering of women in their finest, one of the big chances of the year to pretend you're at the Oscars, in your stilettos. In actuality of course, ... there are women staggering around in the unaccustomed vertical, foot-flesh spilling over tight, unkind satin.”
“The disco sound, you must see, is not art or anything so serious.”
“Blogging is good for your career. A well-executed blog sets you apart as an expert in your field.”
“I have to admit that I was terrified of ending the book, precisely because I go around saying about pretty much every book I read, "It fell apart at the end." I have friends who are waiting to ridicule me forever.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.”

Source : "Plain Speaking : An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman" by Merle Miller, (p. 26), 1974.
“The last couple relationships I had were long distance. It's not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.”

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