"I like looking at the countryside as well as anyone... a little countryside goes a long way, but it's almost like the DNA of a civilisation is in its cities."

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Source : Source: thequietus.com

Jonathan Meades

#Dna Quotes #Cities Quotes #Long Quotes

“Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the victory to the most knowing; it is a game of cards, one's hand by skill to be made the best of.”

Source : Jerome K. Jerome (2012). “The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.135, The Floating Press
“A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.”
“How do you know it'll be pleasurable?" He got on the bed and lay down. Breath a whisper, she came closer and tied one wrist to the headboard. The cat growled but didn't try to make him wrench free. "Because just looking at you gives me the most extreme pleasure I've ever felt." "Christ, baby, tie me up before you start talking like that.”
“In terms of the spaceship Earth, the wrong crew is in command, and itâ€™s time for a mutiny.”
“You shouldn't imagine things that you haven't a shred of proof happened.”
“I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.”

Source : "Nashville's Chris Carmack on The O.C. and the rules of the death row meal". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 22, 2015.
“I would wear a turban to Whole Foods.”
“It takes a lot when you are a professional fighter to stay in top condition. You have to sacrifice a lot and I did.”

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