"My mom says I'm destined to be the sort of man who uses big words but pronounces them incorrectly."

-- Karen Russell

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“This priesthood became a closed group, able to control enormous wealth and incomes, and concerned very largely with the study of the solar and astronomical periodicities on which there influence was originally based. With the surplus thus created, the priesthood was able to command human labor in huge amounts and to direct this labor from the simple tillage of the peasant peoples to the diversified and specialized activities that constitute civilized living.”
“In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.”
“After returning from his stint in the minors made reference to the movie Slapshot with: I'm happy to be back. It was never my aspiration as a kid to play in the Federal league.”
“I've always wanted the IQ of a rock. No, wait. That would be an insult to the rock.”
“Cape Town's beaches are superb and while the water on the Atlantic side is damn cold, it's very pleasant on the other side. Bring your golf clubs if you play - Cape Town has some fabulous golf courses.”
“The beauty in the death that awaits us, I find a timeless beauty in that.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“His sadness was of the kind that is patient and without hope.”

Source : William Maxwell, Christopher Carduff (2008). “Later novels and stories: The château, So long, see you tomorrow, stories and improvisations, 1957-1999”
“If a manager spends more than 10 percent of his time on "human relations" the group is probably too large.”

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