"Diana Rigg is built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttresses."

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Source : "Michael Billington on actors" by Michael Billington, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2012.

John Simon

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“People have a perception of me because of Victoria's Secret that I'm sexy, but I'm not a sexy girl. I'm very tomboyish.”
“I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.”

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“Gratitude & joy drove them to do good works before the thought that they had to do them even crossed their mind.”

Source : Herman Bavinck (2008). “Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation”, p.243, Baker Books
“I placed myself in amongst the animal kingdom so that I would be able to confront myself actually. It did not start out as the intention to serve and protect the lives of the innocent within the animal kingdom. I wanted to test myself, to see if I was able to overcome the dire situation that I was headed toward. By this of course I mention the fact that I was an alcoholic and drug addict before I left to live in the wild.”

Source : "Steve Irwin - Interview With Timothy Treadwell - the Grizzly Man". Interview with Steve Irwin, desteni.org. June 1, 2007.
“The goal is not to sail the boat, but rather to help the boat sail herself.”

Source : John Rousmaniere (1988). “The sailing lifestyle: a guide to sailing and crusing for pleasure”, Fireside
“I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.”
“What weâ€™ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it weâ€™ll sink.”
“I never wanted to be a career politician. I always am interested just to take on challenges that everyone says are impossible to do and to take it on.”

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