"In my estimation, the only thing that is more to be guarded against than bad taste is good taste."

-- Russell Lynes

#Taste Quotes #Guarded Quotes

“The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.”
“I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?”
“If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.”

Source : Sarah Fielding (1986). “The cry (1754)”, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint
“O was infinitely more moving when her body was covered with marks, of whatever kind, if only because these marks made it impossible for her to cheat and immediately proclaimed, the moment they were seen, that anything went as far as she was concerned. For to know this was one thing, but to see the proof of it, and to see the proof constantly renewed, was quite another.”
“Rest against my heart. Let me watch over your dreams. And know that tomorrow morning, and every morning after that, you'll awaken next to someone who loves you.”
“So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.”
“I don't just want to be the girl boys get excited about, I have no desire for people to see me in a sexy way. I won't do nudity ever.”
“I loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.”

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