"I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment."

-- Alan Bennett

#War Quotes #Instinct Quotes #Scope Quotes

“I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.”
“Pain is the most individualized thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization only comes when it is over. To suffer is to be alone. To watch another suffer is to know the barrier that shuts each of us away by himself Only individuals can suffer.”

Source : EDITH HAMILTON (1958). “THE GREEK WAY”
“Today the world lost a visionary leader, the technology industry lost an iconic legend and I lost a friend and fellow founder. The legacy of Steve Jobs will be remembered for generations to come. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to the Apple team.”
“One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles.”
“A Total Woman caters to her man's special quirks, whether it be in salads, sex, or sports.”
“Happiness is the lucky pane of glass you carry in your head. It takes all your cunning just to hang on to it, and once it's smashed you have to move into a different sort of life.”

Source : "Unless". Book by Carol Shields, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2002.
“When I have hiring power, I try to work with women in my camera crew as much as possible.”

Source : "There Aren’t Enough Women Cinematographers and That Needs to Change" by Elle Schneider, www.indiewire.com. October 30, 2014.
“What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise Man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? I give Him my heart.”

Source : Christina Rossetti, Simon Humphries (2008). “Poems and Prose”, p.211, Oxford University Press

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