"The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties."

-- Oscar Wilde

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“Whoâ€™s going to keep them from wiping us out species by species? Not me. We arenâ€™t prepared for a new demographic of magic-using humans who are sadistic, power hungry, donâ€™t like Inderlanders, and see genocide as an acceptable form of communication.”
“It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills, the survival of the species has depended on the ability to acquire and perfect skills. Hence the mastery of skills is a uniquely human activity and yields deep satisfaction.”
“I still have access to enough money to live on in order to avoid bankruptcy for at least a few years as long as I stick to my budget Still, there's no amount of money in the world that makes one feel content with having no self respect. There's no amount of money that makes you feel better when people think of you as a joke or a hack or a failure or ugly or stupid or morally empty.”
“Now I am master of Shanghai.”

Source : "America Views China: American Images of China Then and Now". Book by Jonathan Goldstein, p. 19, 1991.
“It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because the meaning, it's a very personal thing, and the meaning for me is different than the meaning for somebody else.”
“Oh Soul! You worry too much. Your arms are heavy with treasures of all kinds.”
“If you want to know the religion of a man, do not look at how much he prays and fasts, rather, look at how he treats people.”
“Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.”

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