"In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral or political issue it can produce such a wide divergence of opinion that nobody -- from the Pope to Mao Tse-tung -- can say with any confidence that he is not an Anglican. Its weaknesses are that nobody pays much attention to it and very few people attend its functions."

-- Auberon Waugh

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“Above all nations is humanity,”
“We read, we travel, we become.”
“Everyone forgets that what's fun about a romantic comedy is how these two people are going to fight with each other and how's that going to be funny.”
“If you have a thrust to make at your friend's expense, do it gracefully, it is all the more effective. Some one says the reproach that is delivered with hat in hand is the most telling.”
“Ryles and I were looking around at the calibre of players in this side, you do think ... you are very lucky to be here. Especially with Jesus, Andrew Johns, we call him Jesus, isn't even here yet.”
“If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.”
“Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile.”
“I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.”

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