"...instead of offering me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me with that faint lisp of hers, to 'have some squashed flies, George'."

-- H. G. Wells

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“I got married, other people went off. We had sort of another public-we were our entire readership for many years, and we were very excited by each other.”
“I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He certainly reminds me of someone I'm working for”

Source : "Harry Shearer: The Voices in My Head". Interview with Tim Noakes, www.dazeddigital.com. May 14, 2015.
“Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.”
“Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.”
“My job is to investigate whether or not a crime is committed, can be proved and should be charged. I'm not going to comment on what to make beyond that. You know, it's not my jurisdiction, not my job, not my judgment.”

Source : "Cheney Aide Libby Indicted in Plame Case". "Talk of the Nation", www.npr.org. October 28, 2005.
“I'm too tired to speak in English...”
“May Sarton said, "the deeper you go, the more universal you become." It's a reminder to me that those things I try to convince myself I don't need to admit are usually those things I need the most to say. Speaking the truth, in its most poignant details, is liberating and gives those around us the freedom to be real.”

Source : "Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them". Book by Katherine Martin, 1999.
“I'm always looking for a girlfriend.”

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