"the essence of vulgarity seemed to lie in the pretence at being or the attempt to be, something that one really was not, with the resulting lack of ease and dignity and taste."

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Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.9, A&C Black

Ann Bridge

#Lying Quotes #Essence Quotes #Taste Quotes

“For those of you who may be unaware, [Michael] Boskin is the economist/weasel/fraud who helped to officially distort the CPI, making it more or less worthless as a measure of inflation. The Boskin Commission... was an act of cowardice. Rather than man up and say fix this, its broken, we can't afford it.”
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“'What's your favorite position?' 'CEO.'”
“My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.”
“California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.”
“A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if youâ€™re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.”
“All the honors of men in a state of sleep are as nothing.”
“Who can say what heartbreaks are caused in a dog by our discontinuing a romp?”

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