"It is terribly important to maintain a national identity in a way that it probably wasn't before."

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Robert Dessaix

#Important Quotes #Identity Quotes #Way Quotes

“It's not a date. I bought my own drink and I didn't shave my legs.”
“Men of real talents in Arms have commonly approved themselves patrons of the liberal arts and friends to the poets, of their own as well as former times. In some instances by acting reciprocally, heroes have made poets, and poets heroes.”
“Sorrow and frustration have their power. The world is moved by people with great discontents. Happiness is a drug. It can make men blind and deaf and insensible to reality. There are times when only sorrow can give to sorrow.”

Source : Winifred Holtby (1937). “Pavements at Anderby: tales of "South riding" and other regions by Winifred Holtby”
“She died that night. Her last breath took her soul, I saw it in my dream. I saw her soul leave her body as she exhaled, and then she had no more needs, no more reason; she was released from her body, and being released, she continued her journey elsewhere, high in the firmament where soul material gathers and plays out all the dreams and joys of which we temporal beings can barely conceive, all the things that are beyond our comprehension, but even so, are not beyond our attainment if we choose to attain them, and believe that we truly can.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper
“I love what I do, so I don't mind working.”
“Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases”

Source : Barbara Taylor Bradford (1993). “A Woman of Substance: Act of Will”
“Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget.”
“Cost-effective, attractive to business partners, environmentally friendly, easy access to a wide range of guidance and support - it makes good business sense to implement and maintain a robust and effective environmental management system”

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