"The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. â€œWell,â€ said Jack at last. â€œWhat do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?â€ â€œYes!â€ whispered all the children. â€œLetâ€™s!"

Source : "The Secret Island (Secret Series, Book 1)". Book by Enid Blyton, 1938.

Enid Blyton

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“Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support deficit spending. No private embezzlers or bank robbers in history have ever plundered people's savings on a scale comparable to the plunder perpetrated by the fiscal policies of statist governments.”

Source : Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.234, Penguin
“It's been a growth process for each of us to understand why we find certain things beautiful. And if we do find something beautiful, we'll chase it, because you want to understand yourself and what your psyche is creating.”

Source : "Arca's Warped Beauty". Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com. November 19, 2015.
“Generally speaking, I think it is unbecoming to act as a national hero, wave hands and so on.”
“I've had moments where I've felt like I was on another planet because I saw something beautiful. To me, taking pictures is being alive.”
“What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.”
“Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.”
“No," says Ariana. "It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all.”
“I ain't as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.”

Source : Song: I Ain't As Good As I Once Was, Album: Honkytonk University, 2005

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