"I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer."

-- Georg Brandes

“In art the search for a content which is collectively understandable is false; the content will always be individual.”
“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”
“If we lose our title of "land of the free," what have we got?”
“â€Ž"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical care, human welfare, etc.] and believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution.”
“If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids”

Source : "Jimmy Carr: Being Funny". Video, 2011.
“He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.”
“I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.”
“It was still the custom of the countryside to build with local materials produced as close to the selected site as possible, for transport was difficult, even the best of country roads being more fitted for horseback traffic rather than heavy loads.”

Source : "Dashpers". Unfinished novel by Flora Thompson. Chapter Two: "A House is Built", 1942.

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