"I may have grown up in the Age of Aquarius, but I'm growing old in the Age of the Acronym."

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Source : Roy Peter Clark (2010). “The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English”, p.219, Hachette UK

Roy Peter Clark

#Aquarius Quotes #Age Quotes #Growing Quotes

“A goal is a dream with a timeframe on it.”
“I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.”
“I have to recognize that I am agnostic.”
“What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude.”
“Memorial Day, the reason for it, fewer and fewer people know. It's just the first real weekend of summer, three-day weekend and so forth, barbecues, what have you. That's why I think education is important. I'm really glad my dad drilled into me these things that he had lived through and it helped me relate to him better and understand the things he thought were important and why he was raising me the way he was.”
“Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.”
“Success has killed more men than bullets.”
“Tell the story, gather the events, repeat them. Pattern is a matter of upkeep. Otherwise the weave relaxes back to threads picked up by birds to make their nests. Repeat, or the story will fall and all the king's horses and all the king's men. . . . Repeat, and cradle the pieces carefully, or events will scatter like marbles on a wooden floor.”

Source : Ann-Marie Macdonald (2011). “The Way the Crow Flies”, p.41, Vintage Canada

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