"I found Bombay and opium, the drug and the city, the city of opium and the drug Bombay"

-- Jeet Thayil

#Cities Quotes #Drug Quotes #Bombay Quotes

“Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.”

Source : Leonid Shamkovich, Eric Schiller (1987). “Saving lost positions”, B. T. Batsford Limited
“Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft.”

Source : "Is Linux For Losers?" by Daniel Lyons, www.forbes.com. June 16, 2005.
“To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.”
“Iâ€™ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important.”
“Learning is the making of meaning.”
“My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future.”

Source : "The Trial of the Germans". Book by Eugene Davidson (November 7, 1943 speech to Gauleiters in Munich), 1997.
“We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.”
“While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.”

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