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"Attila was now sixtyish. His mind was weakening and he decided to marry again, as he had been terribly misunderstood the first three hundred times."

"But when she tried to say something, the words always seemed trite and inadequate. Nothing measured up. When any moment might be their last, there was nothing she could ever imagine saying that had th…"

"And so on indefinitely. The effect of all this will be obvious: when you take a problem to them, the ulema can facilitate your way or thwart it by invoking one authority rather than the other. Simulta…"

"All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them."

"We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths that the great men have always known. They have known for thousands of years that to lock a sick per…"

"Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher."

"The day I shaved my head was the most empowering moment of my whole life. The last strand of hair cut off was the moment my whole face was on show and I couldn't hide behind my hair like I used to. As…"

"But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last."

"The problems we see today are going to be a hell of a lot worse in 10 years if we're not willing to face up to them. These kids are just not going to be absorbed into the economy, so what are they goi…"

"..I also send the picture of the 'Trinity' .. ..in my wish to satisfy your C. M. I have not spared myself the pains of striking out two or three times the work of many days to bring it to perfection a…"

"I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself."

"With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now...This revolution is inevitable, the people have endured dictatorsh…"

"Due to external temptations, it is much easier in today’s consumer world to simply blow it out the expense column."

"Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past."

"The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this problem by defying their elders and copying each other."

"“Look, you're small-town. I've had over 50 jobs, maybe a hundred. I've never stayed anywhere long. What I am trying to say is, there is a certain game played in offices all over America. The people ar…"

"The doubts that Mr. Balfour expressed nearly thirty years ago, in an Address delivered in Glasgow, have not, so far, been answered. And it is probable that many people, to whom six years ago the notio…"

"With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness."

"I got into bed, opened the bottle, worked the pillow into a hard knot behind my back, took a deep breath, and sat in the dark looking out of the window. It was the first time I had been alone for five…"

"The Government decided...to reduce the dollar exchange value of the pound sterling. In the last few days we have settled what the new rate should be and now I have to tell you of that decision; it is …"