"To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must be given: They are stragglers and they are down at heel."

-- Robert Walser

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“The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.”
“True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, its our own true nature.”
“I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.”
“A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.”
“I'm not responsible for the commercialization. The people who produce the plays are responsible for it.”
“Devolution will kill Nationalism stone dead”

Source : "Tony Blair ‘let Nationalist genie out of the bottle’ in Scotland" by Paul Gilbride, www.express.co.uk. April 8, 2015.
“Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.”
“England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.”

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