"French is the most beautiful,â€ he said, â€œand Italian is the most poetic, and Russian the most powerful, German the most solid. But more business is done in English than in any other."

-- Pearl S. Buck

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“One of the reasons I sing so much about smoking or drinking isn't about the addiction, but more so that I'm trying to let people have a good time at my shows and forget their problems. Relax and enjoy. There's not certain religions or politics sold on them. Just come out, have a beer, have a laugh, good energy from stage and have a good time.”
“Love and hate always remember; it is only indifference that forgets.”
“One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.”

Source : Joseph Story (1842). “A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States”, p.264
“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
“I always want to push myself, even though I'm not in the entire thing. My friend Taylor says, "If you're the smartest person in the entire room, you're in the wrong room."”
“No matter what job you have, even when it's one you love, it's important to take some time away, both mentally and physically, to regroup, refresh and regain good, positive energy.”
“It is visible then that it was not any Heathen Religion or other Idolatrous Superstition, that first put Man upon crossing his Appetites and subduing his dearest Inclinations, but the skilful Management of wary Politicians; and the nearer we search into human Nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the Moral Virtues are the Political Offspring which Flattery begot upon Pride.”

Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.23, Jazzybee Verlag
“Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.”

Source : Christopher Paul Curtis, Holt Rinehart & Winston (2002). “Bud, not Buddy: with connections”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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