"You have to give the electorate a tune they can whistle."

-- Enoch Powell

#Giving Quotes #Tunes Quotes #Politics Quotes

“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.”
“It never seemed important to me that my photos be published. It's important that I take them. There were periods where I didn't have money, and I would imagine that someone would come to me and say: 'Here is money, you can go do your photography, but you must not show it.' I would have accepted right away. On the other hand, if someone had come to me saying: 'Here is money to do your photography, but after your death it must be destroyed,' I would have refused.”
“I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne, “I Meant To Do My Work To-Day”
“The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.”
“I always wanted a father. Any kind. A strict one, a funny one, one who bought me pink dresses, one who wished I was a boy. One who traveled, one who never got up out of his Morris chair. Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. I wanted shaving cream in the sink and whistling on the stairs. I wanted pants hung by their cuffs from a dresser drawer. I wanted change jingling in a pocket and the sound of ice cracking in a cocktail glass at five thirty. I wanted to hear my mother laugh behind a closed door.”
“As much as we don't want to hear it, book marketing is a huge part of becoming a successful author.”
“Some people would believe anything, especially if it eliminates awkward social and political problems.”
“Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.”

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