"We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast."

-- Wilkie Collins

#House Quotes #Breakfast Quotes #Matter Quotes

“For a king, death is better than dethronement and exile.”
“What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?”
“In all your getting, get understanding.”

Source : Jacqueline Woodson (2006). “Hush”, p.91, Penguin
“I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person.”
“Our world today is in the grip of anti-capitalism. State bureaucracies ruling over anti-market policies have grown into ideological and political elites who arrogantly presume to know and dictate how we should all live and work.”
“Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)”

Source : Knut Hamsun (2011). “Mysteries”, p.33, Souvenir Press
“I'm always going to hear people make that connection and I've just accepted it. It's alright. I'm just happy that I get to do my own thing now. I learned a lot from the show [the Voice] as far as being in the TV world and being in front of the camera, which is really great because I'm not as nervous in front of the camera as I was before.”
“I wouldn't say that I was an actress. I tried to be an actress. I really didn't have the gift.”

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