"The things we do at Christmas are touched with a certain extravagance, as beautiful, in some of its aspects, as the extravagance of nature in June."

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Source : Robert Collyer (1877). “The Simple Truth: A Home Book”

Robert Collyer

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“I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.”
“Activists are cultural artists. They envision a world that does not yet exist, and then take action to create that world.'”
“I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any stigma attached to it. We don't need a man to prove our identity anymore.”
“Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.”
“We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current Government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. Fine while there is no threat to our security. But what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?”
“I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one”
“Spreading an idea is hard work.”

Source : "How to spread the word about radical ideas" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. September 12, 2007.
“Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.”

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