"He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep."

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Source : Selma Lagerlöf (1914). “The Story of Gösta Berling”

Selma LagerlÃ¶f

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“It is ironic that the scientific facts throw Darwin out, but leave William Paley, a figure of fun to the scientific world for more than a century, still in the tournament with a chance of being the ultimate winner... Indeed, such a theory is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific.”
“Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.”
“Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.”
“Our first single, 'Ticket To Ride', was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it was ash-tray material.”
“On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.”
“There are really no guidelines whatsoever, because this is the kind of thing that only happens to ME.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2006). “Notes from the Midnight Driver”
“You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.”

Source : "Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle". Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.
“This Halloween, the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.”

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