"There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches."

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Source : The Pilgrim Daughters (1961) ch. 6

Hesketh Pearson

#Class Quotes #Stronger Quotes #Titles Quotes

“She went back to Shane and settles in on his lap again, arm around his neck. His circled her waist. "I thought you had to go," he said. "And don't think i didn't see you kissing on my best friend." "He deserved it." "Yeah. Maybe i ought to kiss him, too." Michael, on his way out, didn't bother to turn around for that one. "Oh sure, you always promise.”
“At any given period in history the ideas of the common mind are found to antedate the facts. The facts of the twentieth century are approached with the ideas, feelings, prejudices of the tenth.”
“Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.”
“Surfing the web often comes at the cost of face-to-face time with friends and family.”
“I'm happy to have discussions about what's going on creatively to an extent but I need final cut on absolutely everything. And that's hard to get in 2016 if you're hell-bent on doing everything your own way.”

Source : Source: www.rollingstone.com
“Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.”
“Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion.”

Source : Walter J. Ong (2013). “Orality and Literacy”, p.129, Routledge
“My furniture is banal and my house is pretty empty. The hardest thing to find is a sofa that is comfortable and looks good. The ones I like are never comfortable.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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