17. The waistcoat is the type of clothing that John Bull wears. John Bull is the personification of the British nation, the epitome of tenacity and dogged determination.
- Unknown
18. Leap for the sun -- you may not reach it, but at least you will get off the ground.
- Zora Neale Hurston
19. The honest man must be a perpetual renegade.
- French essayist Charles Peguy
20. San Miguel, Tzinacapan.
'How big is the world?'
An elderly couple look at each other and answer almost in unison.
'The world is the size of our effort to change it.'
- Subcomandante Marcos
21. Bhaskar's wedding in 1988 showed just how adept he had become at navigating the radically different elements of his life: east and west, bohemian and brahmin. Hiring two hotels at Manali, in the Himalayas, one for each group, he kept everyone happy, steering guests either towards the smoky campfire revelries or the more traditional steaming pots of chai and sandesh. He and his wife settled in Delhi, where their house became a vibrant melting pot of talents, conversation, music and laughter.
- Bhaskar Bhattacharyya obituary, The Guardian, 2006.2.27
(is that cool or what?!)
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