"For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like."

-- Muriel Spark

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“Boys' connections—to other people and to their selves—can enable them to think and act of their own volition and to resist overly restrictive norms and expectation when they are faced with pressures to conform.”
“The run of the ball is not in our court at the moment”
“A photograph is a photograph. When I am making a picture I am just interested in making a very interesting photograph. I don't care where it's going to go.”

Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. January 2, 2003.
“We have to avoid the spiritual sickness of a self-referentia l church. It's true that when you get out into the street, as happens to every man and woman, there can be accidents. However, if the church remains closed in on itself, self-referentia l, it gets old. Between a church that suffers accidents in the street, and a church that's sick because it's self-referentia l, I have no doubts about preferring the former.”
“My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician”
“At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in television and particularly in science.”
“Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power”
“What we heard today was not fiscal leadership from our Commander-in-Chief, what we heard today was a political broadside from our Campaigner-in-Chief.”

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