"The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof."

-- Horace

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“Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.”

Source : "All the world's an art school" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2004.
“She brushed her eyelashes against his chest.”
“Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic. What fans are interested in is 'throwawayability': which teams toss away hard-earned leads? Now we know that 'throwawayability' exists because we proved last season that 'bouncebackability' exists (although, hilariously, Palace don't have it) and 'throw-awayability' is the flip side of it.”
“Man is a substance clad in shadows.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.136
“We do not want to merely â€œseeâ€ beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of it.”
“I think the experience of depression that I most think remains true throughout the years is it's very isolating. That to me is its strongest quality. That you're alone in a room, that you're cut off, you're just sort of stuck with it. It puts up a wall.”

Source : Source: www.bostonglobe.com
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“I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.”

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