"Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time."

-- Henry Ward Beecher

#War Quotes #Law Quotes #Clock Quotes

“Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the last.”

Source : "The Romance and Reality of Foreign Reporting". Interview with Jack Shafer, www.slate.com. December 29, 2009.
“Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.”

Source : Angus Wilson (1962). “The seven deadly sins”, Beaufort Books
“No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.”

Source : "Benazir, the steely and vulnerable" by Lyse Doucet, news.bbc.co.uk. December 29, 2007.
“Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.”
“When you have a strong conviction, you have a duty not to tell people what they want. At least represent yourself and say: â€˜Yo, this is what Iâ€™m into, and this is what Iâ€™m seeing in the world. Let me take your hand and guide you through it, so you can see through my eyes”
“I tell my kids in the Academy at Newcastle to watch Henry. He plays with such a swagger, not an arrogance, and that is a great quality. He always looks so comfortable. You talk about cars going from 0 to 60 in a matter of seconds, and he is like that. He just explodes. I could sit there for hours and watch him.”
“I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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