"And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub, and not because books, whether bought or borrowed, are too expensive."

-- George Orwell

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“It may well be there is something else going on in the brain that we don't have an inkling of at the moment.”
“Itâ€™s hard, in America, not to equate â€˜happinessâ€™ with â€˜thingsâ€™.”
“Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league.”
“My anxieties have anxieties.”
“When you are in your twenties, even if you're confused and uncertain about your aims and purposes, you have a strong sense of what life itself is, and of what you in life are, and might become. Later.. later there is more uncertainty, more overlapping, more backtracking, more false memories. Back then, you can remember your short life in its entirety. Later, the memory becomes a thing of shreds and patches.”
“What am I grateful for? Aside from my own great life, you mean? I'm just grateful that my wife, and daughter, and dogs are all healthy.”
“I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.”

Source : Jonny Wilkinson (2011). “Jonny: My Autobiography”, p.228, Hachette UK
“Every trial a man goes through, if he is faithful in that trial and does honor to God and his religion he has espoused, at the end of that trial or affliction that individual is nearer to God, nearer in regard to the increase of faith, wisdom, knowledge and power, and hence is more confident in calling upon the Lord for those things he desires.”

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