"There is no nation on the continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there isno nation on the continent of Europe to whom we are less able to do harm, than Russia.We are so separate that it seems impossible that the two nations, by the use of reason or common sense at all, could possibly be brought into conflict with each other."

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Source : 1878 Speech, Birmingham, 13 Jan.

John Bright

#Two Quotes #Russia Quotes #Europe Quotes

“I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.”
“There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.”

Source : Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.54, F+W Media, Inc.
“It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.”

Source : FaceBook post by Giorgio Moroder from Nov 29, 2013
“Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires...”
“A laugh is the loud echo of a sigh; a sigh the faint echo of a laugh.”
“Everyone deals with adversity. It's how you bounce back from it.”
“Every soil does not produce every material.”

Source : "Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth". Book by Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (§ 2), 1766.
“Sorry, I'm not much of a cook.”

Source : "Old Spice Pitchman on Breakout Role in Tyler Perry Picture". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. April 22, 2011.

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