"Decorators never quite saw the point of massing books. Books brought colour to a room and filled it up, but shelves bearing just one thing struck them as a decorative display opportunity tragically lost."

-- Peter York

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“My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.”
“The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and progress were not denied them.”
“A farmer is always going to be rich next year.”
“I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.”
“I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secrets.”
“The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork.”
“no work of art is ever finished, nothing is ever static, no performance is for keeps.”
“There were certainly those who rubbed their eyes in astonishment. But when we held a company discussion forum with Joschka Fischer, interest was high. Six hundred senior managers came to the meeting. In the end, there was tremendous applause for Fischer, because he offered a precise analysis of the challenges our industry faces worldwide.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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