"I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story."

-- Chris Martin

#Family Quotes #Class Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to an end, France remained, in the whole complexion of her social life, completely aristocratic.”

Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.46, Delphi Classics
“The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.”

Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.184, Simon and Schuster
“Itâ€™s the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard â€” but when you move, you do not suffer. Thatâ€™s the feeling I am looking for.”
“Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.”
“Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.”
“We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood... So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.”

Source : Robert Mugabe's speech at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, September 2, 2002.
“I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me.”
“No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.”

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