"People may be in awe of perfection, but they warm to humanity."

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Kathie Lee Gifford

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“I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.”
“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”
“Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time.”

Source : Interview with Tom Stacey for the Daily Express, as quoted in "The Independent", July 11, 2003.
“There's always a part of my brain saying: 'Stop getting comfortable. Don't relax.' Because I find it difficult to write when I'm happy. I have to go out there and get battered up and bruised to write anything. I have to feel something.”

Source : "Tom Odell: 'Having your heart broken makes for good songs'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2013.
“Greek customs such as wine drinking were regarded as worthy of imitation by other cultures. So the ships that carried Greek wine were carrying Greek civilization, distributing it around the Mediterranean and beyond, one amphora at a time. Wine displaced beer to become the most civilized and sophisticated of drinksâ€”a status it has maintained ever since, thanks to its association with the intellectual achievements of Ancient Greece.”
“Fantasy isn't something you run out of.”
“My temper is not spoilt. I am absolutely non-homicidal. Nor do I ever attack unless I have been attacked first, and then Heaven have mercy upon the attacker, because I don't! I just sharpen my wits on a wooden head as a cat sharpens its claws on the wood legs of a table.”
“It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.”

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