Quotes
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Neville Chamberlain

"In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all support in their power. They have given the Polish Government an assurance to this effect. I may add that the French Government have authorized me to make it plain that they stand in the same position in this matter."

-- Neville Chamberlain

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“How often one sees people looking far and wide for what they are holding in their hands? Why! I am doing it myself at this very moment.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
“I used to have an afro like Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro. It was bleached blond from the sun. I was tall and awkward. I was not cool.”
“Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.”

Source : "Aging" by Paulina Porizkova, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 21, 2010.
“There is no one who can stop you; you find a mic, a crowd, a set of ears, and nowadays, a camera and YouTube, and you recite your poem. You have your say. I don't want to over-romanticize it: of course, any time an art form ascends, especially when competition is involved, there will be gatekeeping, chauvinism, and other unfortunate dynamics. But the beauty of spoken word and performance poetry is, by and large, its ability to reach people in the moment - right there, right then.”
“Rich men are neither better nor worse than all other humans. They contribute to greatness or mediocrity, strength of character or weakness in exactly the same proportion as persons in all other walks of life do.”
“I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there.”
“There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.”

Source : August Strindberg (1983). “Strindberg, Five Plays”, p.296, Univ of California Press
“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.”

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