"A voluminous, prosaick, and drivelling Monk."

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Source : John Lydgate (1975). “Early English Text Society: Extra series”

John Lydgate

“What I think about is what people spend their time on this planet doing. So No.1 is sleep, No.2 is work, and No.3 is sight, sound, and motion video consumption. Basically, four to five hours a day is what Americans spend consuming video.”
“I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.”
“I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the minor deity Psyche. It was the Greek way of saying that, in spite of what it may believe, Love pursues the Soul, not the body; the Erotic desires the Psychic. If Love was clean and wholesome he wouldn't lust after Psyche.”
“To survive, you must tell stories.”

Source : Umberto Eco (2006). “The Island of the Day Before”, p.221, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I donâ€™t really go to clubs so I donâ€™t know what sounds are made there,”
“Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.”
“It is positive that the United States and the European Union show a great deal of unity. Putin did not expect that. He thought he could split the EU, but the opposite happened: The EU imposed sanctions and even scaled them up. Of course we need more financial and military aid, the supply of lethal weapons is of crucial importance to us.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis that was coming to this country. It's unsustainable.”

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