"The style, often found difficult in the earlier books, is just as individual but more perfectly modulated to experience, and the dialogue is much closer to contemporary idiom, especially when those cadences have been masterfully twisted to satirical ends."

-- Geoffrey Dutton

#Book Quotes #Style Quotes #Cadence Quotes

“No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done during the last 900 years. It is impossible to explain this fact in purely economic terms by a materialistic interpretation of history. The principle of change has been a spiritual one and the progress of Western civilisation is intimately related to the dynamic ethos of Western Christianity, which has gradually made Western man conscious of his moral responsibility and his duty to change the world.”
“I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street.”
“The fans were phenomenal. It sounded like Sox Nation out there.”
“Being honored at Berklee College of Music; I got a doctorate. I am Doctor Patti.”
“What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so.”
“I donâ€™t know if you have a child, but what the Chinese government want people to see is like you would want a child to see. Because every film shown in China is one that a child could see.”
“I always enjoyed the feeling of being onstage - the magic that comes. When I hit the stage itâ€™s like all of a sudden a magic from somewhere just comes and the spirit just hits you and you just lose control of yourself.”

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