"The cozy fire is bright and gay, The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song. I sing the saucer and the cup; Pray, Mary, fill the teapot up, And do not make it strong"

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Source : Barry Pain (1892). “Playthings and Parodies”, London [etc.] Cassell

Barry Pain

#Song Quotes #Strong Quotes #Gay Quotes

“We till shadowed days are done, We must weep and sing Duty's conscious wrong, The Devil in the clock”
“When you win an election, you are always inclined to believe you won for the reasons you wanted to win.”
“We are who we are. People who are older have the advantage of more experience. But you don't have to despair just because you're young. If young age is the problem, you can take comfort in the fact that it gets better with each passing day.”
“If I am feeling musical and I pick up the guitar, usually something will eventually come out and I'll see where it goes.”
“I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion.”

Source : Spike Lee, Cynthia Fuchs (2002). “Spike Lee: Interviews”, p.26, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.”

Source : Catherine Helen Spence, Susan Magarey, Maryan Beams (2005). “Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910)”, p.23, Wakefield Press
“I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking about a certain topic - a very specific aspect of a certain topic in some cases. And second, they got really good at figuring out what they had to say about it.”
“Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.”

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