"You want a novel to tap as directly as possible into your most unspeakable preoccupations. And in America, in particular, cricket is pretty unspeakable."

-- Joseph O'Neill

#America Quotes #Want Quotes #Preoccupation Quotes

“Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a doctrine of superstition and ignorance.”
“Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.”

Source : Leonard Woolf (1939). “Barbarians Within and Without”
“When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.”
“But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.”
“I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.”
“I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.”
“My sister is 4 years older than me and I've always looked up to her, she was the girl I always wanted to be.”
“It can scarcely be denied that the fundamental phenomena which first led mankind into chemical inquiries are those of combustion.”

Source : Society for Psychical Research (Great Britain), Society for Psychical Research (London, England), Henry Sidgwick, Balfour Stewart, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (Earl of) (1912). “Presidential Addresses to the Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1911”

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