"When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed?"

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Source : "Crime novelist P.D. James dies at 94" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. November 27, 2014.

P. D. James

#Wall Quotes #Fall Quotes #Sat Quotes

“Wherever I make a movie, no matter what size it is, it's always about a straightforward communication with the producer.”
“I'm overflowing with stories, delighted and quite mad with the beauty and tragedy of them.”
“Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?”

Source : Wallace Shawn (2009). “Essays”, p.28, Haymarket Books
“I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.”
“My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service.”
“Youâ€™re going to leave me, arenâ€™t you? â€¦ Youâ€™ve had enough of me, havenâ€™t you? Youâ€™re probably so tired of all this crying and all these moods, and Iâ€™ve got to tell you, so am I. So am I. Sometimes it seems like my mind has a mind of its own, like I just get hysterical, like itâ€™s something I canâ€™t control at all. And I donâ€™t know what to do, and I feel so sorry for you because you donâ€™t know what to do either. And Iâ€™m sure youâ€™re going to leave me now.”
“The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on ***** is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids.”
“I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.”

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