"Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record."

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Source : "Life of Pitt" by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1891.

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

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“She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat.”

Source : "Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown". Book by Maud Hart Lovelace, 1943.
“Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through the centuries, France has provided answers to the great questions facing mankind. In continuing to do so, France is responding to a genuine demand, displaying leadership and influencing the course of events.”
“You can't expect to draw people into your life who are kind, confident, and generous if you're thinking and acting in cruel, weak, and selfish ways. You must be what it is that you're seeking- that is, you need to put forth what you want to attract.”
“You can't do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul.”
“In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it down.”
“We say that flowers return every spring, but that is a lie. It is true that the world is renewed. It is also true that that renewal comes at a price, for even if the flower grows from an ancient vine, the flowers of spring are themselves new to the world, untried and untested. The flower that wilted last year is gone. Petals once fallen are fallen forever. Flowers do not return in the spring, rather they are replaced. It is in this difference between returned and replaced that the price of renewal is paid. And as it is for spring flowers, so it is for us.”
“Be true to yourself. Never compromise.”
“In the old days, athletes got worked up about the strict rules - today they get worked up about these rules being ignored elsewhere.”

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