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Quotes by English Authors
"There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within."
"My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really."
"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones."
"People want security in this insecure world."
"He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity."
"There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there."
"Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear."
"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!"
"Well, some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for a hundred years, and it turns out that they're extremely hard to solve."
"In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me."
"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."
"There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway."
"My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure."
"I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel."
"Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him."
"They've been brought up on the best music. It's gonna be so good."
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people'"
"On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round."
"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."
"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out."
"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet."
"The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation that away Men are but gilded loam or painted clay."
"Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things."
"For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment."
"If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find."
"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
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