"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

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“Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this.”
“Business is no longer a matter of profits alone. Profits must come through public confidence, and public confidence is given to any merchant in proportion to the service which he gives to the public.”
“Christianity, like most religions, works with fear. Sins can be confessed and you are 'Clean again' and can start to sin again without thinking about your old sins. We believe that people should ask themselves why they sinned. They should show some responsibility.”
“The modern mind dislikes gold because it blurts out unpleasant truths.”
“Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential for once and generate more public welfare.”
“I been with strangers all day and they treated me like family. I come in here to family and you treat me like a stranger.”
“We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes not so much a single effort to render this transition understandable”
“The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.”

Source : "Vanity flair". Interview with Janine Gibson, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2007.

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