"It is always hazardous to express what one has to say indirectly and allusively."

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Source : Walter Horatio Pater (1970). “Letters”

Walter Pater

“When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.”
“In the show, we have recreated two sketches that my dad had, or pieces that my dad had developed. One that he had developed with my mother, one that Frank Oz had developed with my dad. And these are old pieces from the '50's and '60's, and we're going to develop more, too.”
“If a few nations step forward and begin changing the narrative of 'us and them' to 'everyone,' we will see a new dawn. If a few nations begin actually making operational a verification system we can all depend upon and push to bring all into such a system, we will all benefit.”
“I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the suburbs of American cities, I have often seen women attired more sloppily than our Persian women normally are.”
“I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.”
“In the name of sense, man, if God made fish to be eaten, what difference does it make if I enjoy the killing of them before I eat them? You would have none but a fisherman by trade do it, and then you would have him utter a sigh, a prayer, and a pious ***** at each cod or haddock that he killed.”

Source : William Cowper Prime (1876). “I Go A-fishing”, p.266
“Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.”
“I have done a lot of things off the field but I feel like in my heart I dont really have to publicize what I do for people because it is from my heart.”

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