"It is a widespread and firm belief among guests that their departure is always a matter of distress to their hosts, and that in order to indicate that they have been pleasantly entertained, they must demonstrate an extreme unwillingness to allow the entertainment to conclude. This is not necessarily true."

-- Judith Martin

#Order Quotes #Departure Quotes #Guests Quotes

“Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.”
“We all live in our own world. But if you look up at the starry sky - you'll see that all the different worlds up there combine to form constellations, solar systems, galaxies.”
“The fact is, the contest has always been invulnerability, and even when you win, you still lose.”
“Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.”
“Suffering is to the heart and soul as tears are to the eyes, cleansing and expelling toxicity from the inner system. When we do not allow ourselves to feel appropriate pain, we move into a sort of non-experience. We watch life rather than live it; we look but never get too close.”
“I don't like being mediocre. I won't be.”
“The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.”

Source : "Olivia Colman in Rev". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.
“Children aren't born with the techniques of democratic problem solving, but they are born with one of its key components - the desire to speak out...and that's where the struggle for democracy begins.”

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