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Lifestyle Quotes
"Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party."
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"Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting."
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"Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself."
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"As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer."
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"He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton, he who does not cannot be otherwise."
"If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure."
"If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters."
"Live with style and passion, don't seek the permission of others."
"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
"The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced."
"The downtrodden are the great creators of slang."
"Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence."
"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"
"A person who is in a constant rat race seldom has time to think whether or not he is living his life properly."
"Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine."
"Suspense is worse than disappointment."
"The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!"
"As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving."
"If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone."
"I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk."
"Having the kingdom culture is establishing kingdom lifestyle on earth."
"The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city."
"Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky."
"There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness."
"I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all."
"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword."
"The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn."
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