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Quotes by British Authors
"I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day."
"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."
"Disconnect from society's pressure to conform. Do things your own way."
"You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it."
"I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists."
"Heart language is logic set on fire."
"You would say you don't see it: at least I flatter myself I read as much in your eye (beware, by-the-by, what you express with that organ, I am quick at interpreting its language)."
"Very high altitude observatories are a known worker health hazard."
"Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with."
"I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring."
"She sat in a secluded room, she was mad, but she could not accept it; so she was neither sane nor insane. She could not be either until she knew herself, so in limbo she must die. She kept stuffing toilet roll into her mouth. They found her choked to death!"
"In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge."
"Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine."
"Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable."
"He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke, Submits his neck into a second yoke."
"I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg."
"There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there."
"I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun."
"The response to Pride has been so overwhelming. I mean, people have really loved it. And it's so rewarding because we had such a fun time making that film, and it was made with so much heart, that it's lovely that people seem to be responding in kind to that."
"It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect."
"You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar."
"I cannot understate the ability to handle classical texts such as Shakespeare."
"The less you need, the more you live."
"I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America."
"Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact."
"You never know yourself till you know more than your body."
"I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me."
"When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer."
"Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament."
"You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home."
"I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive."
"Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness."
"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."
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