"The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it."

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Source : Quoted in Hesketh Pearson Beerbohm (1956).

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

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“As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.”

Source : Nathaniel Morton, William Bradford, Thomas Prince, Edward Winslow (1669). “New-England's Memorial”, p.110
“I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Hopefully, when your actions and deeds - and therefore other people - boast for you, you're made tired of hearing it, too, from your own mouth because if not, all could lose sight of those actions and deeds behind the gong of your boasting.”
“If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit.”
“leaning in he kissed her gently, first on the cheek then on her lips. When he met her eyes, she saw the young man shed loved last summer and the young man she still loved now. "I never stopped loving you, Ronnie. and I never stopped thinking about you. even if summers do come and end" she smiled knowing he was telling the truth. "I love you too, Will Blakelee" she wispered, leaning in to kiss him again.”
“You must have the discipline and temperament to resist your impulses. Human beings have precisely the wrong instincts when it comes to the markets. If you recognise this, you can resist the urge to buy into a rally and sell into a decline. Itâ€™s also helpful to remember the power of compounding. You donâ€™t need to stretch for returns to grow your capital over the course of your life.”
“Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.”
“Jay Ashby is simply a great musician!”

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