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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I… — Julia Child
I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules,… — Julia Child
I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter.… — Julia Child
I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine.… — Julia Child
I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. — Lee Child
Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. — Lydia M. Child
The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It… — Lydia M. Child
The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide. — Margaret Cho
Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a… — Margaret Cho
Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it was a big… — Margaret Cho
One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in… — Margaret Cho
In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but… — Noam Chomsky
The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history. — Noam Chomsky
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one… — Noam Chomsky
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself. — Noam Chomsky

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