"Scots are born exiles, and Scotland the perfect country to be exiled from. Do not imagine that I am running down Scotland. Far from it. ... No, what I mean is that Scotland's beauties, though undeniable, are obvious ones, easy to carry in the heart, easy even to describe to the benighted members of less fortunate races. Lakes, islands and mountains, heather and rowan, broad straths and narrow glens - these are jewels easily worn in the memory ..."

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Source : Jan Struther (1956). “A pocketful of pebbles”

Jan Struther

#Country Quotes #Running Quotes #Memories Quotes

“Canada's eminent position today is a tribute to the patience, tolerance, and strength of character of her people, of both French and British strains. For Canada is enriched by the heritage of France as well as of Britain, and Quebec has imparted the vitality and spirit of France itself to Canada. Canada's notable achievement of national unity and progress through accommodation, moderation and forbearance can be studied with profit by her sister nations.”
“A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.”

Source : "Catalonia warns EU that million-strong march cannot be ignored" by Giles Tremlett, www.theguardian.com. September 13, 2012.
“God didn't produce a ready-made world. The Creator has done something cleverer than this, making a world able to make itself.”

Source : "Quarks, Chaos & Christianity". Book by John Polkinghorne, 1994.
“The force that propels the human spirit on the clear way forward and upward is the abstract spirit.”
“I hate a man who swallows [his food], affecting not to know what he is eating. I suspect his taste in higher matters.”
“Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.”
“Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.”
“Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.”

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