"Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer."

-- Bernard Baruch

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“The half-hour before dinner has always been considered as the great ordeal through which the mistress, in giving a dinner-party, will either pass with flying colours, or lose many of her laurels.”

Source : Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble (2008). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition”, p.21, Oxford University Press
“The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.”
“He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.”
“An experience that changes nothing is hardly worth having.”
“In snowbound, voiceless, mountain depths, to herald spring, pine trees sound in tune.”
“I love collecting; my joy is finding private press American or European home studio electronic music from the 60s and 70s.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I found once you start writing about God it's really fun. It's like a rock singer saying "baby." "Baby, baby, baaayy-by." You start saying "God" on the page and you don't want to stop.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges. It may cause you grief, it may test your relationships and cause you to question your sanity, but you can do it! Yes, a fifty-seven year-old man can run across the United States and break a couple or records in the process. People of any age can accomplish what few others have done; we can endure the trials, overcome the obstacles, put up with the pain to realize our dreams. Why not try?”

Source : Marshall Ulrich (2011). “Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across Ameri ca”, p.117, Penguin

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