"And the smell of the library was always the same - the musty odour of old clothes mixed with the keener scent of unwashed bodies, creating what the chief librarian had once described as 'the steam of the social soup.'"

-- Peter Ackroyd

#Smell Quotes #Clothes Quotes #Creating Quotes

“I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.”

Source : "Small Talk: Eric Bristow". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2003.
“When you talk about the stimulus package, you can ask 1,000 different people and they - you will have 1,000 different opinions of what is the ideal stimulus package.”
“Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.”
“Toleration is the best religion.”
“There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.”
“I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.”
“There's something cool about traveling when you're young. There's a sense of camaraderie. You learn more about yourself.”
“Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an 'A' pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, that's not how it works.”

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