"Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books."

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Source : "A Man For All Seasons". Play by Robert Bolt, 1960.

Robert Bolt

#Book Quotes #Gestures Quotes #Morality Quotes

“Every man is his own law court and punishes himself enough.”

Source : Patricia Highsmith (2001). “Strangers on a Train”, p.252, W. W. Norton & Company
“To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago.”

Source : Jack Lynch (2009). “The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park”, p.31, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.”

Source : Curtis Sittenfeld (2005). “Prep: a novel”
“Most of the Bond girls have been bimbos. I have never been a bimbo.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.”
“I think spectators and fans are very important. Darts players would be nowhere without them.”
“There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.”

Source : "Gary Gygax, Game Pioneer, Dies at 69" by Seth Schiesel, www.nytimes.com. March 5, 2008.
“I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.”

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

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