"If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it."

-- H. G. Wells

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“It is only by understanding the cultural complexity and largeness of the concept of agriculture that we can see the threatening diminishments implied by the term 'agribusiness.'”
“Golf is the only game where the worst player gets the best of it. He obtains more out of it as regards both exercise and enjoyment, for the good player gets worried over the slightest mistake, whereas the poor player makes too many mistakes to worry about them.”
“My work caused me to interview hundreds of women about their lives and their problems.”
“By the time you rise through the ranks, the culture of homogenization has bred the spirit and imagination out of you.”
“I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.”
“I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.”

Source : The AD100 Architectural Digest, v. 57 #1, p. 48, January 2000.
“Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped souls rise from the ashes of their horrible lives and build something better, stronger, more beautiful.”
“There are no ordinary cats.”

Source : "There hangs a tail ..." by Justine Hankins, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2004.

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