"Somebody threw a book at President Obama. If you're trying to scare a president by throwing a book at him, you're one president too late."

-- David Letterman

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“Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail (in art) may well carry the most important unconscious symbolism.”

Source : "Subliminal Ad-ventures in Erotic Art" by Wilson Bryan Key, Branden Books, (p. 37), 1992.
“If there is one number to which the rights of millions will be happily sacrificed, it is the national GDP growth rate.”

Source : William Easterly (2014). “A The Tyranny of Experts: How the Fight Against Global Poverty Suppressed Individual Rights”, p.137, Perseus Books Group
“I think my general disposition on life is finding what's funny about it. When something happens, the first thing in my mind is, "What's funny about it?"”
“I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored.”
“The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.”
“I felt like one who wants to trap and cage a little bird, and after years of waiting and luring and baiting finds that she must do no more than hold out her hand, and the finch lands on her finger and does not fly. You scarcely dare to move. It rests on your hand whole and free, foolishly trusting and infinitely courageous. It will never be more beautiful.”
“The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?”

Source : Rose Macaulay (2011). “Personal Pleasures”, p.5, A&C Black
“People can lose so much skin that it has a huge effect on the body and when they scar they are affected for life. I've worked in this area and have for years tried to improve spray on skin cells, but this is just one part of the jigsaw towards making it better. We needed to get it on quicker then we can reduce the scarring. That's my motivation, my drive towards making it better.”

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