"In Great Britain, woman was subordinate and confined. But at least she was also safe."

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Linda Colley

#Safe Quotes #Britain Quotes

“From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.”
“Men of ideas vanish when freedom vanishes.”
“A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.”
“Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.”
“The thing that I hate is that Nicholas Kristof style of writing where it's like, "I saw the poor, they made me so sad. What can I do about sadness? I am so brave." It's just like, shut up, man, shut up.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Belgrade has kind of a Dublinesque, dear-dirty charm.”

Source : "Rian Johnson Builds a Better Time Machine" by Adams Sternberg, www.nytimes.com. September 26, 2012.
“One of the questions that I often get is, 'Why are you running to be President?'. To Be President! What did I miss? I'm not running to go to Disneyland.”
“Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.”

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