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Osbert Sitwell
"Hell has a climate, but no situation. It lies in the spirit, and not in space."
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Source : Osbert Sitwell (1946). “The scarlet tree: being the second volume of Left hand, right hand! An autobiography”, London, Macmillan & co. ltd.
Osbert Sitwell
#Lying Quotes
#Space Quotes
#Climate Quotes
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“Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.”
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“When they remain silent, they cry out.”
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“I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me”
Source : Burton Raffel, Robert Payson Creed (1963). “Beowulf: A New Translation with an Introduction”
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“Because investors are not usually penalized for adhering to conventional practices, doing so is the less professionally risky strategy, even though it virtually guarantees against superior performance.”
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“The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American”
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“...we must support and protect individuals and companies engaged in life saving medical research”
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“But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.”
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“Life minus love equals zero.”