Curnonsky (Maurice Edmond Sailland) Quotes
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If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.
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In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.
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Young adults love to play games and they're thirsty for social interaction, but a lot of bar and restaurant experiences are quite unsatisfactory on the social level. What young people need is a place that has the feel of an unhosted party where they find themselves interacting with like-minded strangers.
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We all look the same with our helmets on.
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Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.
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We'd considered wearing uniform but Lesley said, what with her mask and everything, she'd look like a plastic cop monster from Doctor Who. I managed to restrain myself from telling her their real name.
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We think there's a reason for everything, as if life was supposed to make sense. It's not exactly math. People aren't numbers. Everybody knows life doesn't make any sense at all, so we just better deal with the whole mess. Have a beer. Have a cup of coffee. Have a piece of cake. Go out to a movie. Enjoy the Popcorn.
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Apple is so secretive internally, they keep secrets from each other.
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If a man has any genuine talent, he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular: In proportion as the manners, customs, and amusements of a nation are cruel and barbarous, the regulations of its penal code will be severe. In proportion as men delight in battles, bullfights, and combats of gladiators, will they punish by hanging, burning, and the rack.
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Thomson sought the wilderness, never seeking to tame it, but only to draw from it, its magic of tangle and season.
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God??
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Caress the detail, the divine detail.
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The air in Provence is impregnated with the aroma of garlic, which makes it very healthful to breathe.
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The only man I knew who could make a curse sound like a caress.
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A garlic caress is stimulating. A garlic excess soporific.
