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Quotes by English Authors

"It was an amazing mistake to lose 10p on every copy because your sleeve is so expensive."


"These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth."

"I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments."

"I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed."


"I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments."


"IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device."

"I'm looking out for myself, but I'm looking out for my dad, too."

"What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty."

"A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful."

"We felt that although they were patchy, there was a tremendous political energy in the Henry plays."


"Seven and the Ragged Tiger took six months to record and finish."

"I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody."

"Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved."


"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"

"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!"

"I just did what I did and I still am. It makes you unpopular, maybe for a lifetime, but I'd rather do that than be popular and doubt what I am."

"I think we are coming to a new era where people will record much faster."

"And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy."

"What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise."

"I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people."

"To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance."

"First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too."

"If you desire faith, then you have faith enough."

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."

"I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat."

"Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream."

"So there's a lot of people tied into believing that the traditional response to the authorship question. In terms of actors, some people get very angry about it."
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