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Unreliable Memory

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Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers…

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Language Like Poppies

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Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words, bright red, fresh, blowing about.

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Luxury vs Chocolate

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It is impossible to overdo luxury. French proverb. No, it is impossible to overdo chocolate.

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Wine and Opera Analogy

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Wine is like opera. You can get very cheap seats, they don’t feel comfortable and the view is restricted but it’s still the same show.

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Leading the Orchestra

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The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

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Time’s Perspective

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Time, I think, is like walking backwards away from something: the further away you get, the smaller it seems.

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