". . . the fact that [English] has shed most of the old grammatical forms which time has rendered useless and scarcely intelligible, has made English a model, pointing the way which must be followed in building the Interlanguage. . ."

-- Sylvia Pankhurst

#Useless Quotes #Way Quotes #Facts Quotes

“I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.”

Source : "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.
“Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when it comes to immigration, the single biggest contributor to population growth in the industrial world, they stand largely silent.”
“As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.”

Source : In R. Lehmann et al. Orion I (1945) p. 25
“We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.”
“You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.”
“Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.”

Source : Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller ...”, p.150
“In Spain there's the king - and then there's Antonio.”
“I tend to stay healthy because Ive been eating right and exercising. It makes life so much easier when youre healthy. I also like to challenge myself by making my own physical goals and beating them.”

Source : "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.

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