"The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count."

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Source : George Mikes (1986). “How to be a Brit: The Classic Bestselling Guide”, p.194, Penguin UK

George Mikes

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“No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.”
“There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are really good at one can build a pretty foundational company. Most people who are very successful are good at two. But Jack is the only person in the Valley I've met who's all three. He's a first-rate strategist, a first-rate designer, and a first-rate technologist.”
“Capital markets reward you for what you learn that other people have yet to ascertain.”

Source : Bloomberg News, April 29, 2005.
“That's what's great about show business. It's escapism. You pay your five bucks to get in and sit there and you're in another world. Forget about the problems in the world. It's wonderful.”
“Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I think I do that subconsciously when I'm reading books of poetry.”
“Where is truth, forsooth, and who knoweth it? Is Beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so? Does Venus squint? Has she got a splay-foot, red hair, and a crooked back? Anoint my eyes, good Fairy Puck, so that I may ever consider the Beloved Object a paragon! Above all, keep on anointing my mistress's dainty peepers with the very strongest ointment, so that my noddle may ever appear lovely to her, and that she may continue to crown my honest ears with fresh roses!”

Source : William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “The Virginians: Christie's Collections”, p.126, 谷月社
“I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite”

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