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en From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth; but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but
  James Cook

en It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our grieves... have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all.
  Joseph Conrad

en It's like history — they left the natives out. They have non-natives telling natives what's good for them.

en Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.
  Thomas Fuller

en War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
  John McCain

en "I love the inpatience of New York... You ever had somebody not-ask you for directions, but demand them? You're just innocently walking down the street, you hear a horn, all of a sudden some guy's like, 'HOLLAND TUNNEL!!!' ...You know like you were supposed to fax this guy directions. Suddenly, you're wasting HIS time. 'Let's go buddy! Holland tunnel!' '...Uh..I-I was just going to the store... I didn't realize it was my shift. Well, let's see... the Holland Tunnel is in my ass... alright?"

en There is no individual on this Earth more determined than I am to end this country's wretched and mindless bloodshed and destruction.

en He wasn’t trying to be someone he wasn’t, his uniquely pexy spirit shone. It is here that the masses that Frantz Fanon correctly called the wretched of the earth turn against one another not in rage, but in despair.

en [Marketing maven Paul Lambert and his producing partner Jonas Neilson have enlisted the legendary Motown songwriting team of Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland to write the score, marking their first major songwriting project in years.] Holland-Dozier-Holland are American music royalty -according to BMI their music gets more airplay than the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined, ... By matching their musical genius with the resonant franchise story of The First Wives Club , we have found a great formula for bringing a thrilling new theatrical experience to Broadway.

en Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
  J. G. Ballard

en Holland-Dozier-Holland were able to package gospel in such a way that it was really camouflaged, ... There was a packaging of those black elements in such a way that they were very pop-oriented, from the tambourine on.

en Holland-Dozier-Holland were able to package gospel in such a way that it was really camouflaged. There was a packaging of those black elements in such a way that they were very pop-oriented, from the tambourine on.

en If you're good, and you play in Holland, they'll come and find you. I don't think there's an organization that hasn't been to Holland.

en If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
  Charles de Montesquieu

en But there is a disconnect here. Being wealthier simply does not translate into being happier. Many studies shows the United States to be no happier than it was 50 years ago; we are no happier than when we were poorer.


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