"I have had my television aerials removed. It is the moral equivalent of a prostate operation."

-- Malcolm Muggeridge

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“Imagination comes in after we have experience.”
“In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look true by simple statement.”

Source : Percy Lubbock (2007). “The Craft of Fiction”, p.56, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace that come directly from a soul with stamina.”
“There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.”
“The hardest lies to detect are the ones surrounded by truth.”
“I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.”
“Playing Sgt, Trotter in 'The Mousetrap' is the same as playing Scripps in 'The History Boys,' in the sense that they're dream roles that I've always wanted to do. The fact they're letting me do this professionally and I'm getting paid for it, I find astonishing.”
“Things happen for a reason, and in their own time.”

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