"The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture."

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Julian Fellowes

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“I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.”
“Every time you build a golf course, itâ€™s not a golf course when you get there. You have to improvise.”
“If there's any country that has the capacity not to control North Korea, but to influence North Korea, it's still China. The Chinese always say they have very little influence. They have more than they say they do. We should put pressure on them to do it and there's finally, we're seeing the first signs of a little bit of Chinese disaffection. At some point they're getting tired of the antics of this country. This is a dangerous ally for China to have. And the more Chinese can pressure them and put the economic screws on them, the better it will be for everybody.”

Source : "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. March 17, 2013.
“If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.”
“The interesting thing about life is, there is what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens.”

Source : "Toronto: Fleming Q&A’s Mike Myers On ‘Supermensch’ Directorial Debut". Interview with Mike Fleming Jr, deadline.com. September 6, 2013.
“I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.”
“Total surrender to the will of God actually is sacrificing oneself as a burnt offering to God. The proof of this state is dying to oneself, - to one's own opinions, wishes and feelings or tastes, in order to live by Divine intellect, in conformity with the Divine will and in partaking of God. In the forefront of this endeavor is our Lord and Savior. He surrendered the whole of Himself to God the Father, and us in Himself, 'For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones' (Eph. 5:30). So let us hasten in His footsteps?”
“The ideal of warriorship is that the warrior should be sad and tender, and because of that, the warrior can be very brave as well.”

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