"We exchanged many frank words in our respective languages."

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Source : 1961 Impersonation of Harold Macmillan. Beyond the Fringe.

Peter Cook

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“It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment that we all fear and abhor so much.”
“A garter. Youâ€™re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy for going far sexually with a girl. Itâ€™s stupid, really. And kind of d-d-degrading if I think about it too m-m-much.â€ â€œI know what it is,â€ he says, amusement evident in his voice. â€œI just wanted to hear your explanation.”
“British rule depends upon repression and collaboration and the Irish people should recognise that those who collaborate with Britain in exchange for a slice of the cake will implement British policy and remain silent when Irish people are murdered and oppressed. It is they who are responsible for prolonging the war in Ireland. Without the quislings, without the collaborators, we would already have reached freedom.”
“I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English.”
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.”
“I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like child stringing beads in kindergarten, - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.”

Source : Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.37, Simon and Schuster
“I think it's much harder for anybody who voted Remain to have credibility amongst the voters who voted to leave in terms of leading the country. It's not impossible, but it's much harder.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.”

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