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“Of lunacy, Innumerous were the causes; humbled pride, Ambition disappointed, riches lost, And bodily disease, and sorrow, oft By man inflicted on his brother man; Sorrow, that, made the reason drunk, and yet Left much untasted. So the cup was fill'd.”
Source : Robert Pollok, James Robert Boyd (1860). “Pollok's Course of Time”, p.304
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“I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.”
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“So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.”
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“Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.”
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“Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job.”
Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.218, Simon and Schuster
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“With Neptune City, I could have been singing about anybody's life that grew up where I did. The town I live in it isn't that magical, but when you're growing up, you think that everything is so important.”
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“When I'm out the country, ***** call me Neeki. Hi, how are you? Yes, it's nice to meet me.”
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“Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.”
Source : "Zen to Go" by Jon Winokur, (p. 126), 1989.
