“Novelty, improvisation, self-expression, and blinding inspiration were not neoclassical virtues; neoclassicism (1750-1900) was intended to exhibit perfect control of an idiom. It did not recreate art forms from the ground up with each new project, as modernism (1890-) demanded.

“The history of Egypt is the longest continuous history, as a unified state, of any country in the world. The Nile valley forms a natural geographic and economic unit, bounded to the east and west by deserts, to the north by the sea and to the south by the Cataracts of the Nile. The need to have a single authority to manage the waters of the Nile led to the creation of the world’s first state in about 3000 BC. Egypt’s peculiar geography made it a difficult country to attack, which is why Pharaonic Egypt was for so long an independent and self-contained state. Once Egypt did succumb to foreign rule, however, it proved unable to escape from it, and for 2,400 years Egypt was governed by foreigners..

“To be the quickest [at Monaco] you have to touch each barrier, using every inch of the circuit and its very, very tough to do that. You touch it too much you lose a wheel, so it’s all about just brushing the barrier each time..

“My sympathies are all with the Jews. I have known them intimately in South Africa. The parallel between their treatment by Christians and the treatment of untouchables by Hindus is very close. But my sympathy does not blind me to the requirements of justice. The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman to impose the Jews on the Arabs.

Germany is showing to the world how efficiently violence can be worked when it is not hampered by any hypocrisy or weakness masquerading as humanitarianism. If there ever could be a justifiable war in the name of and for humanity, a war against Germany, to prevent the wanton persecution of a whole race, would be completely justified.

“At Google, after you consume all the Google Food you can eat, you will enjoy Rear Cleansing, Front Cleansing, Dryer, and Oscillating options.

At Meetup, there are no options when flushing the toilet.

“Three-quarters of all train travellers in the Netherlands are curious about the person sitting next to them on the train. More than 60 percent even say they would like to strike up a conversation sometime but find it awkward to do so.

“In Venezuela, Johnny Walker Black Label occupies a similar place to champagne in Britain: it is served at the best parties and smartest weddings, usually over ice in a tall glass, for some reason always wrapped in a paper napkin.

“India have now put together 73 century stands for the second wicket in Tests. Dravid has been involved in the last 24.

“The exact origins of the mango are unknown, but most believe that it is native to Southern and Southeast Asia.. Reference to mangoes as the “food of the gods” can be found in the Vedas..