"I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism."

-- Jonathan Dimbleby

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“I'm not ... pumped about being alive. But I don't think about suicide ever. I have a kid. I think that's just an automatic shut-off of that idea. In fact, I just instantly went into the necessities of parenting, and I think it's been very good for grief. Because it's a reality check, I guess. I have very real tasks that need immediate attention all the time.”
“Desperation is like a spilled drink; even if it's delicious, no one will get near it. Cultivate an aura of glamorous unapproachability.”
“God is the author of the Bible, and only the truth it contains will lead people to true happiness.”
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose itâ€™s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.”
“In a weird way, [hockey] is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one.”
“If you witness (the problems in the world), your outlook on life will change. You will understand how fortunate and well-off you are, (â€¦). You will understand that you are so safe from the risk of air raids and landmines.”
“Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.”
“The honour is overpaid,When he that did the act is commentator.”

Source : James Shirley, Alexander Dyce (1833). “Honoria and Mammon. Chabot, Admiral of France. The acardia. The triumph of peace. A contention for honour and riches. The triumph of beauty. Cupid and death. The contention of Ajax and Ulysses, &c. Poems”, p.380

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