"The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create."

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Source : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2013). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913”, p.163, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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“I'm so excited to be working on Doctor Who as it's such a big and important part of British Culture. I can't wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we'll be shooting not too far from my home town”
“If one says 'Red' â€“ the name of color â€“ and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.”
“Nothing in life has happened to you, it's happened FOR You!”
“The quality of a restaurant's food is inversely proportioned to the amount of fun its staff seems to be having.”
“A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.”
“I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.”
“There comes a day of public ceremonial, and a chance to make a speech.... A million voters with IQs below 60 have their ears glued to the radio. It takes four days' hard work to concoct a speech without a sensible word in it. Next a dam must be opened somewhere. Four dry Senators get drunk and make a painful scene. The Presidential automobile runs over a dog. It rains.”

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