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“My senses tell me hubba.”
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“Pride is a sweetmeat, to be savoured in small pieces; it makes for a poor feast.”
Source : Laurie R. King (2004). “The Game: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes”, p.379, Bantam
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“I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a piece of nonfiction, a personal memoir of youth, but over the next several weeks, without intending it, the work began evolving into what has become 'Tomcat in Love.”
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“Love is pointless. It’s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.”
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“Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not.”
Source : "Dems still don't have an ObamaCare answer for midterms" by Chris Stirewalt, www.foxnews.com. March 13, 2014.
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“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.”
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“Other than the voices in my head, I think I’m pretty normal.”
Source : Tom Upton (2016). “Fading Away”, p.31, Tom Upton
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“Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect in its exercise, so we demand of those who watch us an apppreciation of the simple unconscious kind which finds an outlet in clapping rather than the cold intellectual approval which would self-consciously think applause derogatory. I have yet to meet the actor who was sincere in saying that he disliked applause.”
Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”