"I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either."

-- Dave Barry

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“New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.”
“The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn, that ignorance can be supplanted by knowledge, and that small bits of knowledge can gradually pile up into substantial heaps.”
“Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps.”
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

Source : Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.100, Macmillan
“I have no little insight into the feelings of furniture, and treat books and prints with a reasonable consideration. How some people use their pictures, for instance, is a mystery to me; very revolting all the same--portraits obliged to face each other for ever--prints put together in portfolios.”
“But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will”
“What weâ€™ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it weâ€™ll sink.”
“The brain is biology's greatest challenge. Perhaps in a sense it is the greatest challenge for science as a whole, beyond moon landings, the ultimate particles of the physicist and the depths of astronomical space.”

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