"There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford."

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Sydney Brenner

#Oxford Quotes #Years Quotes #England Quotes

“Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of heart, mind and spirit--qualities which are actually neither masculine nor feminine, but simply human qualities that have been neglected. It is growth along these lines that will make us whole, and will enable the individual to become world to himself.”
“I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.”
“As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.”

Source : "Sharon: I'll solve the Palestinian problem in four years". Interview with Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2003.
“When she was fifteen if you'd told her that when she was twenty she'd be going to bed with bald-headed men and liking it, she would have thought you very abstract.”
“Only one chance one bullet in the gun. This is my life and I only got one, yeah. The safetyâ€™s off and I put on her. Oh stick â€˜em up, stick â€˜em up. Ready to shoot.”
“In men desire begets love, and in women love begets desire.”

Source : Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth (1766). “Letters, Written by the Late Jonathan Swift ... and Several of His Friends: From the Year 1703-to 1740. Published from the Originals; with Notes Explanatory and Historical”, p.117
“She had the kind of fingers you want to interlace with your own.”
“Life is way too short for boring cars.”

Source : "The future race car — 150mph, and no driver". TED Talk, www.ted.com. May 2012.

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