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Maya: "... it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes..."

From the brilliant film
"Sideways" by Alexander Payne (2004)

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If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient.
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

Wise words from Winnie the Pooh in Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by "A.A. Milne" (1882-1956)

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Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks,
is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.
Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit,
the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares,
and the slavery of Home, man feels once more happy.

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 -1890)

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I bounced into Wellington
Viewed the town through windswept hair...

From "NZ" by Tia Gow (Nov 2010)

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Karen Blixen: Perhaps he knew, as I did not,
that the Earth was made round
so that we would not see too far down the road.

From the Sydney Pollack film "Out of Africa" (1985)