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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.

I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.

A great fig should look like it's just about to burst its skin. When squeezed lightly it should give a little and not spring back. It must be almost unctuously sweet, soft and wet.

When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

When we cut the price for bananas by 1 ruble, we sell 100 tons a day more... There are people who live within their budget.

I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.