"One mark of good verse is surprise"

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John Betjeman

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“If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.”
“Wilderness can be appreciated only by contrast, and solitude understood only when we have been without it. We cannot separate ourselves from society, comradeship, sharing and love. Unless we can contribute something from wilderness experience, derive some solace or peace to share with others, then the real purpose is defeated.”

Source : Sigurd F Olson (2012). “Reflections from the North Country”, p.52, Knopf
“My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.”
“"You wanna deliver papers in a big city?" an expert with a bent nose told me, "then you gotta shake the trees to find the gorillas to do it..."”
“We can't move quickly. You move quick out here and you die quick.”
“My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Everyday is a holiday when you're RVD”
“Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ all the means requisite . . . to the attainment of the ends of such power.”

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