"I got born in the wrong family ..."

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Source : Helen Cresswell (1987). “Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga”, Viking Childrens Books

Helen Cresswell

#Family Quotes #Outsiders Quotes #Born Quotes

“The most important thing is that, when you work with somebody, you build a rapport with that person. They have a certain trust in you. You don't have to explain that much. It's very hard when you photograph someone who's a fresh face and then you don't work with them again for six months. All these people I work with over and over again have qualities that I love. There's something very free about them or there are some slight imperfections about them. I think the more you work with someone, the pictures get better and better.”
“New words are always being born and old ones fading away.”

Source : Patience Strong (1951). “The Glory of the Garden”
“I do accept at least half of what society in general holds to be right.”
“One accident or terrorist strike involving high-level waste would endanger lives and cause a catastrophe that would leave millions of dollars in damages and take years to clean up”
“A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.”
“I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.”
“I'd like to think the best of me was still hiding up in my sleeve.”
“Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.”

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