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“Savannah is a . . . lovely pastel dream of tight cobbled streets. . . . There are legendary scenes . . . to rival any dreamed up by Tennessee Williams.”
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“You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.”
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“Shine your light on love and truth and your soul will glow.”
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“I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a [heart] donor. When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no significance to this, but it must have made a great impression on his companion, for when we removed the body to the operating room, the other chimp wept bitterly and was inconsolable for days. The incident made a deep impression on me. I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.”
Source : Christiaan Barnard (1979). “The best medicine”
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“It is disgusting to pick your teeth; what is vulgar is to use a gold toothpick.”
Source : Louis Kronenberger (1972). “A Mania for Magnificence”
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“It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.”
Source : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)
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“Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately”
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“On paper we might be the best team in the league. We’ve got great players on this team who accomplished so much. We just couldn’t put it together.”
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“I was introduced to Mr. Davy, who has rooms adjoining mine (in the Royal Institution); he is a very agreeable and intelligent young man, and we have interesting conversation in an evening; the principal failing in his character as a philosopher is that he does not smoke.”
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“Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.”
