"Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot."

-- Cate Tiernan

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“Although our "gentle air" cannot improve the way hate and envy look, it does seem not to encourage firmness and decision. All is compromise; caution and refinement are everywhere. Everything has to "make a good impression" - whether or not it is any good: the impression is the main thing.”

Source : Arnold Schoenberg, Leonard Stein (1975). “Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg”, p.196, Univ of California Press
“There are some lives duller Than dusty glass”
“The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even have to spend one second developing the character of any of the Eastern Bloc athletes. It was just good guys and bad guys.”

Source : "Ebersol’s Parting Thoughts". blogs.wsj.com. May 25, 2011.
“We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three.”
“To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal.”
“Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.”
“You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.”
“I scored a touchdown on the first reception I made in the NFL and spiked the ball. The instant I did, I felt horrible and couldn't wait for the game to end so I could call Coach Bryant and apologize. He said he didn't even notice, but I never spiked the ball again.”

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