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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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Anxiety and Conscience

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Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence.

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Miracle of Communication

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Every act of communication is a miracle of translation.

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Anticipation’s Joy

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The pleasure of anticipation is the most reliable and intense of all; it is, in fact, the only reliable one.

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Wanting and Happiness

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To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

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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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