"Modern novels have become part of the do-it-yourself business, and they come in a very small number of standard kits. (...) In this wilderness cries the voice of Patrick White, Australian extraordinary, who has quite other, more austere and indeed prophetic ambitions. (...) (H)is failures are certainly the equivalent, and perhaps the measure, of other men's success."

-- David Pryce-Jones

#Ambition Quotes #Men Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time.”
“But, you know, I'm presiding over an institution that was designed not to work.”

Source : "Boehner: Senate Wants No Part of Cutting Spending". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. February 6, 2012.
“I love a good laugh as well, I think that's so important in life, which is probably why I've dabbled in comedy writing as well as horror. I think if you can make someone laugh or smile it's the most special thing in the world.”
“The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.”

Source : Edward Thomas (2012). “Poems of Edward Thomas”, p.150, Other Press, LLC
“Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were some 42 Americans working for every American collecting retirement benefits.”
“T'was Spring, t'was Summer, all was gay Now Autumn bears a cloud brow The flowers of Spring are swept way And Summer fruits desert the bough”
“Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my whole life on a film set without taking a few years to do something else, all I would ever know about was film sets.”

Source : "Interview: Anna Popplewell on growing up in the Chronicles of Narna films". www.mirror.co.uk. June 26, 2008.
“Once an angry man dragged his father along the ground through his own orchard. 'Stop!' cried the groaning old man at last, 'Stop! I did not drag my father beyond this tree.”

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