"Foreigners have souls; the English haven't."

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George Mikes

#Soul Quotes #Foreigners Quotes

“I love going out dancing. There is nothing better than letting your hair down and staying up far too late, is there?”
“Beauty is about perception, not about make-up.”
“My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that â€œdoesnâ€™t count,â€ i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic principles. Every word, every action, every moment counts. (This is the pattern on which everybody makes mistakes [or] becomes irrational â€” not relating their one action or one conviction to another.”
“The poet represents the mind in the act of defending us against itself.”
“The trouble with everything, these days, for me, is time. There is only one me. There are a ridiculous number of demands on my time. There are so many things I'm trying to do. It's so much more about when I'm going to get time to do it, if I get time.”
“The world, with all its beauty, its happiness and suffering, its joys and pains, is planned with the utmost ingenuity, in order that the powers of the Self may be shown forth in manifestation.”

Source : Winifred Holtby (2011). “South Riding”, p.455, Hachette UK
“If you ain't killin' 'em, maybe your point ain't sharp enough.”
“Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.”

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