"If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul."
-Alphonse de Lamartine
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"Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys."
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"Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven."
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"To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic."
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"There is a woman at the begining of all great things."
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"A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of."
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"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it."
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"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."
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"I wear black skinny-fit jeans - I can't get away from them. It's funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great."
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"Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness."
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"I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas."
-Cher
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