"Better halfe a loafe than no bread."

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Source : William Camden, John Philipot (1636). “Remaines concerning Britaine, their languages, names, surnames: allusions ...”, p.293

William Camden

#Bread Quotes #Eating Quotes

“True genius can be identified by the fact that its expression changes the world into something it has never been before.”
“It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.”
“My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.”
“After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life.”
“I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get them... sometimes, and it would surprise them.”
“By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.”
“I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.”
“I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me it's something I'm doing.”

Source : "This much I know: Len Goodman". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.

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