"A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat."

-- Lord Chesterfield

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“For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life.”
“This is a wrong course the Chinese comrades are trying to lead us on to, it is an opportunist road of vacillation and concessions to the Khrushchev traitor group which finds itself in grave difficulties, and is intriguing in order to escape defeat.”

Source : "Reflections on China, 1962-1972" by Enver Hoxha, Tirana: 8 Nëntori Publishing House, vol. I, 1979.
“Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.”
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”

Source : James Thurber (1983). “Credos and Curios”, HarperCollins
“I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision, I guess. I mean, if I were truly a purist, I'd call things, "Long Piece #27" or "Newest Fast Song", but I enjoy titling and it is helpful at rehearsals or when making set-lists.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Physical strength in a woman - thats what I am.”
“So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun, These people ain't seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one”
“Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.”

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