"There was a fire in the wide hearth before them, and it was burning with a sweet smell, as if it were built of apple-wood."

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J. R. R. Tolkien

#Sweet Quotes #Fire Quotes #Smell Quotes

“I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.”
“By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll.”
“Ah, the camel of Cairo! ... He went quietly and comfortably through the narrowest lanes and the densest crowds by the mere force of his personality. He was the most impressive living thing we saw in Egypt, not excepting two Pashas and a Bey. He was engaged with large philosophies, one could see that ...”
“I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.”
“Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.”

Source : Antony Jay (2009). “How to Run a Meeting”, p.5, Harvard Business Review Press
“Governments resort to inflation with popular support because the people apparently are naïve enough to believe that they can have their cake and eat it, too.”

Source : Leonard E. Read (1990). “The freedom philosophy”, Foundation for Economic Education
“Don't argue! You cannot win, you cannot beat a woman in a arguement. It's impossble you will not win. Cause men, we are handicapped when it comes to arguing cause we have a need to make sense”
“Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie...”

Source : "The World According to Wes". "Conversations with Slate" with Jacob Weisberg, www.slate.com. May 25, 2012.

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