"My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!"

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Source : In 'Spectator' 20 April 1951, p. 514

Ernest Bevin

#Able Quotes #Tickets Quotes #Policy Quotes

“Every kind of writing is hypocritical.”
“Education is a protective factor that helps end the cycle of poverty. It empowers the girls not just financially but also emotionally. They see more value in themselves and what they can contribute. Education is critical for changing the future for these communities and our world in general.”
“In most of my photographic pieces I have manipulated the quality of the evidence that people assign to photography, in order to subvert it, or to show that photography lies - that what it conveys is not reality but a set of cultural codes.”
“If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.”
“The color palette grew as the story progressed. The 1920's sharecroppers were muted and neutrals, the 30's and 40's introduced burgundy to the neutral palette. The 1950's introduced green, black and denim blue, the 1960's introduced orange and heavier more saturated color, the 1970's introduced more primaries, and the fashion palette became more recognizable as a contemporary one from there.”
“It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.”
“I was fine, until I was born. And it's been downhill ever since.”
“With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you.”

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