"Nothing lasts. Not even a great sorrow."

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Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “Company Parade”, p.223, Bloomsbury Publishing

Storm Jameson

#Sorrow Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Impermanence Quotes

“The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a society where belief in our governments and in the strength of our institutions is declining.”
“My wife went to a beauty parlor and got a mudpack; for two days she looked nice, then the mud fell off.”
“I also write plays, so I understand the writers mind, and how obsessed you can get writing.”
“I'd like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That's definitely not a word, by the way.”
“A matter that seems to be very clear in terms of the alternative view, is what do you expect to happen in Africa with regard to immune systems, where people are poor, subject to repeat infections and all of that. Surely you would expect their immune systems to collapse.”
“The income tax only taxed the Rockefellers, the Morgans and the Vanderbilts. It was aimed at the top 4 percent, and the top rate then in 1913, was 7 percent. Woodrow Wilson had a big ceremony and said, "I'm delighted to be president at the creation of this popular new tax."”
“Well, I beat my man. Now it's up to you to beat yours.”
“A good player is always lucky.”

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