"Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure."

-- T. E. Brown

#Mirrors Quotes #Giving Quotes #Calling Quotes

“Power is not happiness.”
“The key to education is the experience of beauty.”
“Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy.”
“And there is London!--England's heart and soul. By the proud flowing of her famous Thames, She circulates through countless lands and isles Her greatness; gloriously she rules, At once the awe and sceptre of the world.”
“The only thing that would change would be the year, the names. It just got to be a repetitious life.”
“I don't like to do much with my hair - which is good, because I don't know how! I just always make sure I have a great haircut.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.”
“It's good to get stage fright. It is necessary to be scared, otherwise you have too much confidence in yourself and you start to get pretentious and do shitty things. It's good to not be so confident in yourself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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