"I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. Once they build a band up they just want to do people down. They shouldn't concentrate on the colour of someone's shirt they should listen to the music."

-- Andrew Eldritch

#Hard Times Quotes #People Quotes #Band Quotes

“A life is made up of a great number of small incidents, and a small number of great ones.”

Source : Roald Dahl (2009). “Going Solo”, p.10, Penguin
“You've had a long working life As everyone knows You can now do nothing at all And then have a doze Enjoy Your Retirement”
“Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.”
“Each of my novels features a protagonist undertaking a difficult personal journey. On the way, each of these characters - mostly female - discovers something about herself and at the same time makes an impact on other people's lives.”
“Don’t believe anything anyone tells you. You have to evaluate the world with your own eyes.”

Source : Marjorie Celona (2013). “Y”, p.69, Faber & Faber
“There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from the Union Army were adamantly opposed to freeing slaves. We cite these facts and recorded statistics to point out that the principal cause of the war was not the issue of slavery.”
“Otter is the most brilliant mix of facts ancient and modern about the otter species and its vulnerability to man's seemingly insatiable need to hunt the poor animal for reasons other than survival. I am sure the book will help to ensure that the hunting of otters will never return to this country-and I hope other lands will follow this example . . . A fascinating and illuminating book.”
“A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.”

Source : Bruce Jay Friedman (1978). “The Lonely Guy: And, The Slightly Older Guy”, p.144, Grove Press

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