"The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly."

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Source : George Henry Borrow (1851). “Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest”, p.136

George Henry Borrow

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“If we had no bias, if we had no preconceptions, what kind of forms could we design?”
“There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or by pleasure and pain.”
“For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.”
“This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.”
“I would like my car to fly and make me breakfast, but that's an unrealistic expectation.”

Source : "SCEA VP on backwards compatibility: 'I would like my car to fly and make me breakfast'" by Chris Kohler, www.wired.com. November 16, 2006.
“I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.”
“I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out,”
“Whether you're an entrepreneur, a small business, or a Fortune 500 company, great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. That's a constant. What's always in flux, especially in this noisy, mobile world, is how, when, and where the story gets told, and even who gets to tell all of it.”

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