"There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

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“I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.”

Source : "The Rise of the Black Keys" by Brian Hiatt, www.rollingstone.com. January 19, 2012.
“If you think love makes you happy, you've either never been in love, or never been in love long enough to have to start compromising.”
“I have 5 teenage daughters, and I learned the hard way - it's difficult to talk to any person under the age of 25 without the presence of a cell phone.”

Source : "David vs. Goliath: Internet Entrepreneurship vs. Corporate America" by Marc Ostrofsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2011.
“It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.”
“We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.”
“One-half plus one-half does not equal one; one whole plus one whole equals relational wholeness.”
“On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.”
“It kills me to be time's eunuch and never to beget.”

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