Bernal Díaz del Castillo Quotes
Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor prepared from cocoa, and of an aphrodisiac nature, as we were told, was presented to him in golden cups... I observed a number of jars, above fifty, brought in, filled with foaming chocolate of which he took some.
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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Religion doesn't play any part in my life in terms of how I live my life. But I don't think I've ever gone through a day in my life without hearing someone say the word 'Jew' or saying it myself.
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I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
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When you talking boxing, you talking me.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
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AIDS was allowed to happen. It is a plague that need not have happened. It is a plague that could have been contained from the very beginning.
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We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions.
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You cannot schedule death.
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Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice.
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There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.
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No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
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Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
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The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
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I want to shine a spotlight on showing how dangerous Trump and his Twitter button can be.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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False words do not bring forth fruit.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.
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Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor prepared from cocoa, and of an aphrodisiac nature, as we were told, was presented to him in golden cups... I observed a number of jars, above fifty, brought in, filled with foaming chocolate of which he took some.
