"Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound."

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Source : William Bligh (2009). “The Voyage of the Bounty”, p.14, BoD – Books on Demand

William Bligh

#Pounds Quotes #Beef Quotes #Poor Quotes

“I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it!”
“Nobody could paint eyes like El Greco and nobody can paint eyes like Walter Keane.”

Source : "The Man Who Paints Those Big Eyes: The Phenomenal Success of Walter Keane" by Jane Howard, Life Magazine ' 59, no. 9, p. 39, August 27, 1965.
“Any work of art dignifies life.”

Source : Source: onlineathens.com
“Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the fantasy within you.”
“Nothing about my birth - or yours - was random or accidental. I was born for this time - and so were you. We were each chosen for a particular, cosmically important task that can be done by no one else.”

Source : FaceBook post by Christine Caine from Jan 30, 2016
“From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.”
“A novel is not an allegory.... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.”

Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.111, Random House
“Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said.”

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