"'English fair play' is a fine expression. It justifies the bashing of the puny draper's assistant by the big hairy blacksmith, and this to the perfect satisfaction of both parties, if they are worthy the name of Englishman."

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Source : Joseph Furphy (2016). “Such is Life”, p.342, Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy

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“In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.”
“In Christian terms, evangelization and humanization are not alternatives. Nor are the vertical dimension of faith and the horizontal dimension of love for ones neighbor and political change.”
“Don't let what other people say disturb your mind. Be happy.”
“People can copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you still want to do.”
“After the last notes of Gotterdammerung I felt as though I had been let out of prison.”

Source : "The Musician's World". Book by Hans Gal, 1965.
“I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.”
“Loving you is a full-time job. It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's the best job in the universe. But it's not easy.”

Source : Carrie Jones (2010). “Captivate”, p.37, A&C Black
“It's why I get miffed at all the dashing around in recent zombie films. It completely misses the point; transforms the threat to a straightforward physical danger from the zombies themselves, rather than our own inability to avoid them and these films are about us, not them. There's far more meat on the bones of the latter, far more juicy interpretation to get our teeth into. The first zombie is by comparison thin and one dimensional and ironically, it is down to all the exercise.”

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