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Quotes by British Authors
"We learn to restrain ourselves as we get older. We keep apart when we have quarrelled, express ourselves in well-bred phrases, and in this way preserve a dignified alienation, showing much firmness on one side, and swallowing much grief on the other. We no longer approximate in our behaviour to the mere impulsiveness of the lower animals, but conduct ourselves in every respect like members of a highly civilised society."
"It seems as you'll never know the rights of it; but that doesn't hinder there being a rights, Master Marner, for all it's dark to you and me.''No,' said Silas, 'no; that doesn't hinder. Since the time the child was sent to me and I've come to love her as myself, I've had light enough to trusten by; and now she says she'll never leave me, I think I shall trusten until I die."
"Surrender to fate and you will never be fully contented."
"Variability has potential to create confusion."
"When you realize that incompetent police officers are harassing you, you need to call 911 and demand that a police supervisor be immediately dispatched to the scene. In the mean time you need to be video recording everything, as police officers are known for their blatant lies and fabrications."
"There are little pockets of old time in London, where things and places stay the same, like bubbles in amber, she explained. "There's a lot of time in London, and it has to go somewhere-it doesn't all get used up at once. "I may still be hung over, sighed Richard. "That almost made sense."
"What happens to you here is forever. Understand that in advance. We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back. Things will happen to you from which you could not recover, if you lived a thousand years. Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves."
"But nearly every woman I know has a roughly similar story - in fact, dozens of them: stories about being obsessed with a celebrity, work colleague or someone they vaguely knew for years; living in a parallel world in their head; conjuring up endless plots and scenarios for this thing that never actually happened."
"Keep your passions burning brightly."
"Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty."
"I think, well, I've had a shit of a life, all things considered. It wasn't fair. Everyone I've ever loved is dead, and my leg hurts all the bloody time... But I think, any God that can do sunsets like that, a different one every night... 'Strewth, well, you've got to respect the old bastard, haven't you?"
"It is about looking straight ahead and not shifting that focus. Keep your eyes on the prize!"
"Foras Road has a sordid reputation. Old crones sat in doorways, while their daughters were pushed out to earn money. It is intriguing that a society which is very covert with sexuality should be so straightforward about prostitution."
"The House Democrats don't want Gore humiliated, so they slammed the door of the Capitol in my face. They are cowards."
"Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear."
"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death? said the King. "That would be nothing, nothing at all. Would it not be better to be dead than to have this horrible fear that Aslan has come and is not like the Aslan we have believed in and longed for? It is as if the sun rose one day and were a black sun."
"In reality there are no limitations. They are vibrant and changeable to whatever form you want them to take to realise your goals."
"Ignoring phone calls leads to a simple life with more free time. Ignoring emails works well also! I do both when I am trying to get things done."
"Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."
"He was not only a bore; he bored for England."
"Hey bands, you're all welcome to fly me to some exotic location and I'll record you there, Y'know that right? You don't have to come to this God forsaken place. Hope I can visit you all in Australia one of these days that would be hot! We'll talk again soon."
"The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved."
"Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness."
"I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph."
"I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics."
"Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge."
"I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me."
"I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do."
"America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair."
"In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality."
"Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again."
"This work made me more and more interested in biological matter, and I decided that I really wanted to work on the X-ray analysis of biological molecules."
"What I will learn over the years will be of benefit and interest to me personally but, as far as the program is concerned, I'm the mouthpiece of the viewers as well."
"Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen."
"No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable."
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