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“I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then.”
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Naomi Mitchison
#Book Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
#People Quotes
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“... the fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing.”
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Naomi Mitchison
Source : Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers
#Two Quotes
#Fishing Quotes
#Care Quotes
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“Good will, that curious product of consciousness, of leisure and energy to spare and share. That thing we put out against the forces of interest. That extra thing. Religions and nations and political parties have taken it and used it as coinage, have said you must only give it in exchange for value.”
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Naomi Mitchison
Source : Naomi Mitchison (1990). “A Girl Must Live: Stories and Poems”
#Taken Quotes
#Party Quotes
#Giving Quotes
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“does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?”
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Naomi Mitchison
#Two Quotes
#People Quotes
#Different Quotes
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“All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins.”
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Naomi Mitchison
#Sex Quotes
#Togas Quotes
#Lovers Quotes
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“there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.”
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Naomi Mitchison
#Disappointment Quotes
#Fall Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
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“it's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy ...”
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Naomi Mitchison
Source : Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers
#Keys Quotes
#Democracy Quotes
#Faster Quotes
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“the best committee's a committee of one!”
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Naomi Mitchison
Source : Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers
#Committees Quotes
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“The lesser evil is also evil.”
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Naomi Mitchison
Source : Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers
#Success Quotes
#Evil Quotes
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“Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it... All about him was safe.”
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Naomi Mitchison
#Father Quotes
#Safety Quotes
#Lap Quotes
