"If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress."

-- Idries Shah

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“Everything in nature has its own intrinsic charm, as the work of its Creator's hand; but the chief beauty of the whole lies in its suggested relations to humanity. Things announce and wait for persons. The house would not have been thus beautifully built and furnished, except for an expected tenant.”
“When I found out I was pregnant, I was over the moon about it, but I was upset I wasn't married!”

Source : "Neneh Cherry, interview: 'People ask me where I've been for 18 years'". Interview with Kate Mossman, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2014.
“At the heart of every really good Christmas movie is the threat, I suppose, to Christmas. Something is wrong with Christmas, in all of these movies. In 'The Polar Express,' there's a kid that doesn't really believe, and that's the threat to Christmas. In 'Santa Claus: The Movie,' jealousy and greed are threatening to overrun his Christmas.”
“Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.”
“The advance planning and sense stimuli employed to capture a $10 million cigarette or soap market are nothing compared to the brainwashing and propaganda blitzes used to ensure control of the largest cash market in the world: the Executive Branch of the United States Government.”
“Growth works. What we're doing in the administration to spur growth in terms of regulatory form work. And what we're working is to make sure that those tax cuts add to that. We do believe that sustained 3 percent economic growth is possible and that that is the way you can balance the budget long-term.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.”
“I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person who cares about the look of a teapot - and it's not that I believe my taste is superior , I just can not believe that other people don't care.”

Source : "Stephen Bayley interview: prize exhibit". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. December 3, 2000.

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