"I figured the process of someone standing at a shelf and deciding what juice to buy is going to be very different than someone sitting at the computer clicking through a bunch of different books or CDs-until I actually looked at the data, and it turned out that the patterns were remarkably similar."

-- Peter Fader

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“I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that one act was quite sufficient; whenever I have witnessed two acts I have gone away physically exhausted; and whenever I have ventured an entire opera the result has been the next thing to suicide.”
“Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.”
“College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.”
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
“The game has never seen a better catcher than YADIER MOLINA.”
“The most merciful thing a large family can do to one of its infant members is to kill it.”
“I finally came to terms with manic depression and lithium. I've taken lithium regularly for the past few years and have had no further bouts with manic depression.”
“It is a simple matter to plant trees in straight lines, but informal groupings will test the sensitivities of the most experienced planter and the smaller the groups the more difficult they are to place.”

Source : Graham Stuart Thomas (1979). “Great gardens of Britain”

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