"Can it be entirely accidental that the most famous fictional spy of them all, James Bond, Number 007, deadly marksman, intriguer, the ultimate man behind the curtain, sexual athlete and ruthless patriot, is also a Scot, as was the author, whose wish-fulfilment he was?"

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Source : Linda Colley (2005). “Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837”, p.132, Yale University Press

Linda Colley

#Athlete Quotes #Men Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.”
“Everything I've written is personal - it's the only way I know how to write.”
“My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled.”
“Rochelle," she calls out, still looking at me. "Is there anyone down at the desk? I need something." I'm too startled to move. Is she going to tell on me, get me in trouble? Rochelle's gotten up; she's banging the toilet stall doors open one by one, checking to make sure no one's in there. When the last stall turns up empty, she gives Amanda an annoyed look. "What do you need this time of night?" Amanda smiles at me, then turns to face Rochelle. "A tampon”

Source : Patricia McCormick (2000). “Cut”, Front Street Incorporated
“I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.”
“Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to replicate the worst qualities of the parents.”
“The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.”
“I just... want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more.”

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