"In England, life is a long process of composing oneself ..."

-- Shirley Hazzard

#Long Quotes #England Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“What happens in Bermondsey on February 24th will be a pointer to the rest of the country as far as Labour's prospects are concerned.”
“Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.”
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.”

Source : David Starr Jordan (1929). “The Trend of the American University”, p.71, Stanford University Press
“Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet.”

Source : Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways
“America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.”
“Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise.”
“I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.”
“I experiment with fashion, with my look, with everything. Iâ€™m a multidimensional woman, like all women are. The difference is that I have the balls to take chances.”

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