"[To] turn poet, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper."

-- Miguel de Cervantes

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“If you are to use Alexander Graham Bellâ€™s product, which is to say the blower, you should, in all courtesy, use it as he would have wished; and Dr Bell insisted that all phone calls should begin with the words â€˜Ahoy, ahoyâ€™. Nobody knows why he insisted this â€“ he had no connection to the navy â€“ but insist he did and started every phone call that way. Nobody else did, and it was at the suggestion of his great rival Edison that people took to saying â€˜Helloâ€™. This seems unfair.”

Source : Mark Forsyth (2012). “Mark Forysth's Gemel Edition: The Etymologicon and The Horologicon ebook bundle”, p.334, Icon Books Ltd
“In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.”
“Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?”

Source : "Fictional character: Mr. Albert Osborne". "The Major and the Minor", www.imdb.com. September 16, 1942.
“Let's remind ourselves that offering an opportunity for somebody to register to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles has been required by federal law for decades now. We know it as motor voter. So whether it's motor voter and people registering on paper or online voter registration, we have the protocols in place to keep people who are not eligible to register to vote from registering, whether it's for citizenship status, whether it's for age or any other reason.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“You go from having fun doing something to having it become your life without you realizing it. It can be weird and dark, but every single time I have a dark thought that makes me think dark about that, I tell myself, "Stop, you're stupid. This is great."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I have retired but only in body. Spiritually, I still feel able.”
“The success of a terrorist operation depends almost entirely on the amount of publicity it receives.”

Source : Walter Laqueur (2016). “A History of Terrorism: Expanded Edition”, p.141, Transaction Publishers
“Problems are an important part of maturing--meet them straight on. Work them out. It's like the chick in the egg. It has to break through the eggshell on its own. That's how it gains its first strength. If you break the shell for the chick, you end up with a puny little runt.”

Source : Mark Tobey, Wesley Wehr, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum (1988*). “Mark Tobey, a new look: Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, February 19-March 27, 1988”

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