"If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter."

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Source : "The Princess and the Press". "Frontline", www.pbs.org. November 16, 1997.

Max Hastings

#Jobs Quotes #Royal Quotes #Pianist Quotes

“I love different folks.”

Source : Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin
“I always disagree, however, when people end up saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop an equal fanaticism. It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence.”
“My definition of sexy is someone who is expressing themselves honestly.”
“Positivity helps produce better results.”
“John Le Mesurier wishes it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly misses family and friends.”
“It strikes at a fundamental human need to be organized.”
“Today the U.S. government can demand the nation-wide recall of defective softball bats, sneakers, stuffed animals, and foam-rubber toy cows. But it cannot order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated, potentially lethal ground beef from fast food kitchens and supermarket shelves.”
“Five years later I still wake up screaming forï»¿ him to run”

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