"If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe to be an urgent appointment."

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Source : Claud Cockburn (1967). “I, Claud ...: the autobiography of Claud Cockburn”

Claud Cockburn

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“Oh precious heart, you think you're lost, look down look down and find your feet. The next step is the path you're on”
“I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians, 15% Malays and the rest Chinese, it would not have worked. Because they believe in the politics of contention, of opposition. But because the culture was such that the populace sought a practical way out of their difficulties, therefore it has worked.”
“Let the gods into your life and you rapidly lose faith in the natural laws.”
“To the medieval mind a liberty was a right to the enjoyment of a specific property It was a freedom to do something with one's own without interference by the king or any other man.”

Source : Arthur Bryant (1985). “Set in a silver sea: the island peoples from earliest times to the fifteenth century”
“I believe that you've created a metaphorical universe in which you can express your darkest fears. In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves, and sometimes we do such a good job, we lose track of reality.”
“A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.”
“I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the worldâ€¦.because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.”
“He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.”

Source : Mark Helprin (1983). “Winter's Tale”, p.18, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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