"I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal."

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Source : British comedy stage revue "Beyond the Fringe" written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller ("Sitting on the Bench", 1961), 1960-1966.

Peter Cook

#Latin Quotes #Fall Quotes #Coal Miners Quotes

“Listening is a prerequisite for action. Listening is a principle for living Jewishly in a globalised world”
“Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up - some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.”
“To assault the total culture totally is to be free to use all the fruits of mankind's wisdom and experience without the rotten structure in which these glories are encased and encrusted.”
“There are leaders, and there are those who lead.”
“Don't live to be unhappy, live to be happy. If you live to be happy you'll find the things that make you happy. And as you do that you find that sharing with others makes you much happier than taking from them.”
“We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work, courage and personal responsibility.”

Source : "Brian Sandoval RNC speech". www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.
“I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.”
“We do not need to have an agreed set of goals before we do something ambitious!”

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