quotes at random, no. 10

[fiefoe]

Wood's first reaction was to panic.

You are pleased to learn that there actually is a Little Country Olympics (officially called the "Games for the Small States of Europe"), which pits Andorra against Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. The Vatican, you are somewhat disappointed to note, does not field a team.

Fred was oily and furious.

"Pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life as a dog does his master's chaise. Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good-- be good for something.--All fables indeed have their moral, but the innocent enjoy the story."
            Henry David Thoreau, a letter to G. O. Blake, March 1848

They are young girls blazing a trail that will be followed by youth cultures for decades to come. But somehow Teddy Girls as a group remain historically almost invisible.

'I am a successful Master's student.' -- grad_student_guideline.jpg.html

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