"No man rides harder than my Lord Scamperdale - always goes as if he had a spare neck in his pocket."

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Source : Robert Smith Surtees (1860). “Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour”, p.197

Robert Smith Surtees

#Men Quotes #Necks Quotes #Pockets Quotes

“A very faithful drawing may actually tell us more about the model but despite the promptings of our critical intelligence it will never have the irrational power of the photograph to bear away our faith.”

Source : André Bazin (2005). “What is Cinema?”, p.14, Univ of California Press
“The gates of Hell are terrible to behold, are they not?”
“If this is how youâ€™re going to react, Iâ€™ll freak out more often.”
“Tom Hanks hits a new career peak. One of the best films of the year.”
“If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance.”
“Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.”
“It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.”
“Using encryption on the Internet is the equivalent of arranging an armored car to deliver credit card information from someone living in a cardboard box to someone living on a park bench.”

Source : "Rants & Raves", www.wired.com. November 25, 2002.

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