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“Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.”
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“Vulgarity is no substitute for wit”
Source : "Downton Abbey: Series Three. Episode 3". TV Series, 2010 - 2015.
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“You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks.”
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“The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. “Well,†said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?†“Yes!†whispered all the children. “Let’s!”
Source : "The Secret Island (Secret Series, Book 1)". Book by Enid Blyton, 1938.
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“It's just so bizarre how in this world if you have asthma, you take asthma medication. If you have diabetes, you take diabetes medication. But as soon as you have to take medicine for your mind, it's such a stigma behind it.”
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“I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .”
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“If you’re chopping and changing the team you don’t get that word I can’t pronounce beginning with ‘C’.”
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“In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948--on a five year old girl.”