"I've noticed your hostility towards him... I ought to have guessed you were friends."

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Source : Malcolm Bradbury (2011). “The History Man”, p.87, Pan Macmillan

Malcolm Bradbury

#Emotional Quotes #Hostility Quotes

“I know too much from personal observation from how the poor and working classes live to be satisfied with a system which makes their lives one unceasing round of toil, deprivation and anxiety.”
“I think people listen to whatever they think is good.”
“There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.”
“Pretty much I want to be Steve Wozniak, who I decided I was at a young age and not change. I want to go back to school and get my college degree like I would have without Apple.I want to teach young kids like I would have without Apple. And part of it is I'm accessible. I'm open. And so many people e-mail me and get me. And as much as I can I try to answer people, listen to them, be polite and say yes.”
“Never look back to the past, never regret, even if there is emptiness ahead.' But I couldn't help it. Sometimes I would rather look back if it meant that I could feel something in my heart, even something sad. Sadness was better than emptiness.”
“Economics teaches humility because it teaches us more about what we can't do than what we can do”
“Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.”
“I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.”

Source : Mickey Spillane (1968). “The Big Kill”, p.7, Penguin

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