Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
#quotes #sebastian-faulks #70s #eating

Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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While we teach, we learn. ~Seneca
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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