"Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch."

-- Susanna Clarke

#Yorkshire Quotes #Dutch Quotes #Strange Quotes

“A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.”
“There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.”
“I believe that we [Americans] are making more new enemies than we are killing terrorists at this point, and I think it's time that we stepped back from this aggressive assertion that we can just go to any country and conduct lethal operations.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.”

Source : "ELLE 25: A Look Back". www.elle.com. March 25, 2010.
“The product that wins is the one that bridges customers to the future, not the one that requires a giant leap.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 13, 2013
“Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.”
“I think this is the biggest win in my career. To beat Venus in Wimbledon is just something amazing.”
“I had no idea that, when you audition for television or movies, you go to a big building - like, an office building - and you walk in the room, and everybody, I assumed, was smarter than me and better than me, and there's actors you recognize. I once fainted at an audition.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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