V. S. Naipaul Quotes
And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.
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Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
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Nobody knows what death is, nor whether to man it is perchance the greatest of blessings, yet people fear it as if they surely knew it to be the worse of evils.
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And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over
