"It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me."

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Source : "How Did I Do That?" by Deborah Stead, archive.nytimes.com. March 24, 1991.

V. S. Pritchett

#Important Quotes #England Quotes #Born Quotes

“If you must eat a banana in public, never make eye contact.”

Source : Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.284, St. Martin's Press
“I find I have, and a heart doesnâ€™t suit me, Windermere. Somehow it doesnâ€™t go with modern dress. It makes one look old.”
“I ran like a thing that runs.”
“Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human duty. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than physics.”
“The person who takes every opportunity to "pick on" others is often mistakenly called "sadistic". In reality, this person is a misdirected ***** who is working towards his own destruction. The reason a person viciously strikes out against you is because they are afraid of you or what you represent, or are resentful of your happiness. They are weak, insecure, and on extremely shaky ground when you throw your curse, and they make ideal human sacrifices.”

Source : "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.
“The ANC is very concerned (about shedding votes), hence they are pinning their hopes that those rogue elements will run the elections, so rigging will be on the high. There is no doubt about that”
“Focus on what you're grateful for in your life. If you don't appreciate what you have, you won't get any more... because the universe thinks it's not important to you, and therefore you don't need any more.”

Source : FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Oct 16, 2012
“I used to enjoy doing silly walks on the street with my friends. Like, you know, you're walking, and then you break out in something completely ridiculous, to kind of spook out the person walking by you. I can't really do that anymore.”

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