"We find in biking the fullfilment of an antique instinct: vagabondage"

-- Maurice Barres

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“The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.”
“Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks.”
“Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.”
“If thereâ€™s a zeppelin, itâ€™s alternate history. If thereâ€™s a rocketship, itâ€™s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, itâ€™s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.”
“[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return back to the primitive purity, and shortness, when men deliver'd so many things, almost in an equal number of words. They have exacted from all their members, a close, naked, natural way of speaking; positive expressions; clear senses; a native easiness: bringing all things as near the Mathematical plainness, as they can: and preferring the language of Artizans, Countrymen, and Merchants, before that, of Wits, or Scholars.”
“A true gourmet - a judge - has the wisdom to know when to stop eating.”
“New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.”

Source : "Michael's". www.newyorker.com. December 21, 2009.
“Do," said Louisa finally, "whatever you can't not do.”

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