"After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else."

-- Lowell Thomas

“All the words of wisdom sound the same.”

Source : Song: Words Of Wisdom, Album: Another Page
“The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.”

Source : Roald Amundsen (2013). “The South Pole”, p.343, BoD – Books on Demand
“There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.”

Source : "How Peter Orszag's Budget Team Makes America Work" by John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2010.
“Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion.”
“Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.”

Source : "The Soviet School of Chess". Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.
“I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.”
“When I go to American cities and speak to American audiences about Karachi, I am able to draw their own wonder and consternation about the cities they live in as an entry point to this other faraway, instant city.”
“The perfect borscht is what life should be but never is.”

Source : Aleksandar Hemon (2013). “The Book of My Lives”, p.38, Macmillan

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