"I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitively, and something goes on in their thoughts which must be equivalent to the way dogs and other animals, when they meet, sniff each other's arses and nuzzle each other's fur."

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Source : Graham Swift (2012). “Shuttlecock”, p.23, Pan Macmillan

Graham Swift

#Dog Quotes #Animal Quotes #People Quotes

“If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else.”
“I have high-tech tastes. If I had $100 million, I would spend it on research equipment rather than a yacht.”
“As a journalist, you sort of grind away, taking rejections as they come, building on whatever advances you've achieved.”

Source : "Books: 'Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush'". www.washingtonpost.com. September 11, 2007.
“One of the things that I most believe in is the compose and wait philosophy of photography. Itâ€™s a very satisfying, almost spiritual way to photograph. Life isn'tâ€™ knocking you around, life isn't controlling you. You have picked your place, youâ€™ve picked your scene, youâ€™ve picked your light, youâ€™ve done all the decision making and you are waiting for the moment to come to you.”
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
“You and I both know, deep in your heart, you agree with me. And I will prove it with one hypothetical scenario: you are alone in a closet of your home. There`s a bright red button. You can push that button and presto all Negroes and Jews and all other colored people are instantly removed from the North American continent and returned to their native countries. You`d push it, wouldn`t you whitey? See? See? See? in the final analysis, you agree with me. But of course, you wouldn`t do antything to bring that scenario about, or any other scenario favorable to your Race.”
“We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its own course.”
“People, houses, streets, animals, flowers-everything in Holland looks as if it were washed and ironed each night in order to glisten immaculately and newly starched the next morning.”

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