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"My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely."
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"When he finished, he drank from the cup. Everyone else did too, so I followed suit.And nearly choked to death.It was like fire in liquid form. It took every ounce of strength I had to swallow it and not spray it on those around me."Wh...what is this?" I asked, coughing.Viktoria grinned. "Vodka."I peered at the glass. "No, it isn't. I've had vodka before.""Not Russian vodka."Apparently not."

"We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!"

"Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience."

"As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself."

"I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy."

"You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever."

"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

"At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war."

"When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing."

"Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words."
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"Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly."

"If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions."

"English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did."

"My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely."
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