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Small: I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of
J.B. Priestley
"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile
J.B. Priestley
"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks
Douglas Adams
"The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks"
Douglas Adams, Writer
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Small: How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
Jane Austen
"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!"
Jane Austen, Writer
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Small: For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
Jane Austen
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?"
Jane Austen, Writer
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Small: I dont believe in astrology Im a Sagittarius and were skeptical
Arthur C. Clarke
"I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical"
Arthur C. Clarke, Writer
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Small: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Arthur C. Clarke, Writer
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Small: The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton
Duke of Wellington
"The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton"
Duke of Wellington, Royalty
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Small: Expansion means complexity and complexity decay
"Expansion means complexity and complexity decay"
C. Northcote Parkinson, Historian
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Small: Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you dont find out til too late that hes been playing with two
Terry Pratchett
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along"
Terry Pratchett, Author
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Small: Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design
"Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
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Small: For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake
Alfred Hitchcock
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake"
Alfred Hitchcock, Director
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Small: In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active
Bridget Riley
"In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: I enjoy doing nothing
"I enjoy doing nothing"
Jeffrey Bernard, Journalist
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Small: His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into i
"His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind"
Anne Bronte, Novelist
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Small: Everybody grows but me
Queen Victoria
"Everybody grows but me"
Queen Victoria, Royalty
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Small: Its vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. Its what I try and do
Princess Diana
"It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do"
Princess Diana, Royalty
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Small: We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I cant, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics
Rick Wright
"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"
Rick Wright, Musician
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Small: Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands
"Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands"
Robert Conquest, Historian
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Small: Two great talkers will not travel far together
"Two great talkers will not travel far together"
George Borrow, Author
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Small: Onstage, I am a devil. But Im hardly a social reject
"Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject"
Freddie Mercury, Musician
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Small: The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one
George Herbert
"The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one"
George Herbert, Poet
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Small: One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters
George Herbert
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters"
George Herbert, Poet
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Small: None knows the weight of anothers burden
George Herbert
"None knows the weight of another's burden"
George Herbert, Poet
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Small: Do not wait the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may hav
George Herbert
"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along"
George Herbert, Poet
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Small: The writer is more concerned to know than to judge
W. Somerset Maugham
"The writer is more concerned to know than to judge"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: Impropriety is the soul of wit
W. Somerset Maugham
"Impropriety is the soul of wit"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: Death doesnt affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesnt concern the dead because they hav
W. Somerset Maugham
"Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist"
W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright
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Small: The secret of success is constancy to purpose
Benjamin Disraeli
"The secret of success is constancy to purpose"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
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Small: I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
Benjamin Disraeli
"I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
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Small: The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world
Benjamin Disraeli
"The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
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Small: He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom
William Edward Hickson
"He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom"
William Edward Hickson, Writer
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Small: If at first you dont succeed, try, try, try again
William Edward Hickson
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again"
William Edward Hickson, Writer
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Small: Fame is the thirst of youth
Lord Byron
"Fame is the thirst of youth"
Lord Byron, Poet
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Small: All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin
Lord Byron
"All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin"
Lord Byron, Poet
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Small: We pay when old for the excesses of youth
J.B. Priestley
"We pay when old for the excesses of youth"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I c
J.B. Priestley
"I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides
Margaret Thatcher
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides"
Margaret Thatcher, Leader
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Small: A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us
Margaret Thatcher
"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us"
Margaret Thatcher, Leader
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Small: I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by
Douglas Adams
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by"
Douglas Adams, Writer
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