"...the original mixed ancestry of the Jews and their subsequent history of intermixture with every people among whom they have lived and continue to live..."

-- Ashley Montagu

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“Soccer is a feast for the eyes that watch it and a joy for the body that plays it”
“I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.”
“A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.”

Source : 1953 Poetry and the Age,'The Obscurity of the Poet'.
“Hadrian shook his head and sighed. â€œWhy do you have to make everything so difficult? Theyâ€™re probably not bad peopleâ€”just poor. You know, taking what they need to buy a loaf of bread to feed their family. Can you begrudge them that? Winter is coming and times are hard.â€ He nodded his head in the direction of the thieves. â€œRight?â€ â€œI ainâ€™t got no family,â€ flat-nose replied. â€œI spend most of my coin on drink.â€ â€œYouâ€™re not helping,â€ Hadrian said.”
“When a musical act performs, the black audience goes crazy for all the stuff, the album cuts, everything. White audiences, they're nice and all, but they're not going to lose it until they get the hits. Comedy is the same thing.”
“What is the world full of? It is full of things that arise, persist, and cease. Grasp and cling to them, and they produce suffering. Don't grasp and cling to them, and they do not produce suffering.”
“I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.”

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