"A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice."

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John Lothrop Motley

#Practice Quotes #Talent Quotes #Increase Quotes

“Acting is just something I always knew I wanted to do - acting and writing.”
“Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down.”
“This morning we were notified about the horrible news of the series of terrorist attacks in the United States, that have left a great trail of destruction. Mexico expresses its condolences to the Government and the American people for the irreparable human losses. We also express our energetic condemnation to these attacks. I have informed President George Bush of our feelings of sorrow and our solidarity in such difficult moments.”
“My timingâ€™s a little off. But Iâ€™m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August.”
“The gifts of the Gospel are given to strengthen the faith of the believer.”
“Nintendo DS is not standing still. As a tenth serious competitor decides to make a run at Game Boy, DS raises the bar on portable gaming, before they even get started.”
“Apparently 26 years ago, Arnold gave an interview to Oui magazine about his sex life. The good news is that Arnold is married to Maria Shriver and now that he's had a sex scandal, the Kennedy family has finally accepted him.”
“Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see.”

Source : Susanna Clarke (2005). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.488, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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