"Although very few people are actually called upon to live in palaces a very large number are unwilling to admit the fact."

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Source : Osbert Lancaster (1975). “A cartoon history of architecture”, Harvard Common Pr

Osbert Lancaster

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“All I can say is that I'm getting married in the future. I've narrowed it down to that.”
“A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.”
“Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians.”
“Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.”
“I think swag is very important to rappers. It's the overall appearance and style of an artist - these blue shorts and this blue hat and this $80,000 chain, this jewelry and all these tattoos, that's swag.”
“I find afflictions to be good for me. I have always found them so. Afflictions are happy means in the hands of the Holy Spirit to subdue my corruptions, my pride, my evil passions, my inordinate love to the creature. Afflictions soften my hard heart, bring me to my knees, increase faith, increase love, increase humility, increase self-denial. Afflictions make me poor in spirit, and nothing in my own eyes.”
“I have a few minor rules for myself but I break them all the time. For example, when translating from Romance languages to English, there is often a choice between a Latinate cognate and a Germanic equivalent. An easy example would be the Portuguese escuridÃ£o: English offers both obscurity and dark or darkness, and some translators will tell you the Latinate word is generally reserved for poetic and figurative expressions, while the Germanic word is used for colloquial and idiomatic use.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving forâ€”for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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