"It was a rather extraordinary conversation if you think about it -- both of us speaking in code. But not military code, not Intelligence or Resistance code -- just feminine code."

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Source : Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.122, Egmont UK

Elizabeth Wein

#Military Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Resistance Quotes

“I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible.”
“Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.”
“I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.”
“There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get that, the whole thing kind of comes into focus. Sometimes it's just working things over in your mind and then finding that one line that kind of ties the song together, and now it works. It's a puzzle of sorts.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.”
“The best passing drill is pass - set - hit. The best setting drill is pass - set - hit. The best hitting drill is pass - set - hit... Anything less than a game situation, unless very well planned, has the possibility of introducing artificial situations, and complete transfer to the game might not occur when drills are constructed in this manner.”
“You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.”
“In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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