"I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics."

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Source : "Denmark's Thorning-Schmidt heads to Downing Street to meet David Cameron" by Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2011.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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“My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.”
“Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.”
“It is a common failing of childhood to think that if one makes a hero out of a demon the demon will be satisfied.”
“I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.”
“There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.”

Source : Tom Watson (1980). “The Rules of Golf Illustrated and Explained”, Random House Trade
“The prerequisite of contrapuntal art, more conspicuous in the work of Bach than in that of any other composer, is an ability to conceive a priori of melodic identities which when transposed, inverted, made retrograde, or transformed rhythmically will yet exhibit, in conjunction with the original subject matter, some entirely new but completely harmonious profile.”

Source : "Song: 'So You Want To Write A Fugue'". 1997.
“I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.”

Source : Tana French (2008). “The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2”, p.51, Hachette UK
“My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.”

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