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When you hear anyone say "I'm no good at English," what he or she really means is . . . "I'm no good at thinking straight, I can't talk sense."

— L.A.G. Strong, English for Pleasure (as quoted in Eric Partridge, English: A Course for Human Beings 5 (1949))

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Yoga vs Drinking

Savasana - Position of total relaxation.Savasana - Position of total relaxation.

Balasana - Position that brings the sensation of peace and calm.Balasana - Position that brings the sensation of peace and calm.

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana - This position calms the brain and heals tired legs.Setu Bandha Sarvangasana - This position calms the brain and heals tired legs.

Marjayasana - Position stimulates the midirift area and the spinal column.Marjayasana - Position stimulates the midirift area and the spinal column.

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Ideas Like Knives

An idea like a knife has an edge, sometimes sharp, sometimes dull, representing its form and substance. The content of the idea is its substance, the material of the knife; its presentation is the form, or the sharpness of the knife blade.

An idea whose substance is sound but whose presentation is poor has power, but it is a dull, pounding power. An idea whose presentation is brilliant but which lacks substance also has power, but it is brittle and easily broken. A sound idea brilliantly presented cuts most deeply.

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Excerpt from "The Story of Doctor Dolittle," by Hugh Lofting

"White Man, I am an unhappy prince. Years ago I went in search of The Sleeping Beauty, whom I had read of in a book. And having traveled through the world many days, I at last found her and kissed the lady very gently to awaken her -- as the book said I should. 'Tis true indeed that she awoke. But when she saw my face she cried out, 'Oh, he's black!' And she ran away and wouldn't marry me -- but went to sleep again somewhere else. So I came back, full of sadness, to my father's kingdom. Now I hear that you are a wonderful magician and have many powerful potions.

Excerpt from "The Arabian Nights," edited by Andrew Lang

Now the Sultan Schahriar had a wife whom he loved move than all the world, and his greatest happiness was to surround her with splendor, and to give her the finest dresses and the most beautiful jewels. It was therefore with the deepest shame and sorrow that he accidentally discovered, after several years, that she had deceived him completely, and her whole conduct turned out to have been so bad, that he felt himself obliged to carry out the law of the land, and order the grand-vizir to put her to death.

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