"Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it."

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Source : Isaac Bickerstaffe, Newbery (1767). “The Maid of the Mill. A Comic Opera. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. By the Author of Love in a Village. A New Edition”, p.7

Isaac Bickerstaffe

#Goes On Quotes #Folks Quotes

“The suit was so clumsy, being pressurized, it was impossible to get two hands comfortably on the handle and it's impossible to make any kind of a turn. It was kind of a one-handed chili-dip.”
“James loved Rhode Island, ... He loved the ocean. He would sit in his beach chair for hours and look out at the ocean.”
“I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.”
“How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry whenever she's near. It's getting so bad, all I have to do is see her and I'm already thinking, 'What does she want? What can I do for her?' She's got some power over me, there's no question, and what else could it be? ~Razo”
“My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my imagination.”
“So every dollar of income that I have that is potentially taxed away is a dollar I can't put in my company to create a job. My entire company is around job creation.”
“Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship.”
“I might never breathe again once he walked away from me.”

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