"Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?"

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Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Stella Gibbons

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“How strange to have failed as a social creatureâ€”even criminals do not fail that wayâ€”they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.”
“Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.”
“The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.”
“I can't say, 'I eat whatever I want when I want,' but I have come up with some great treats for myself that are healthy and satisfying.”
“Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.”
“It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was unique and surprising, to get it, to put it on film you have to make choices and reject a lot of things so you're always wondering: 'Am I doing it right?”

Source : "Legendary Musicals Director Stanley Donen On Audrey Hepburn and 'Dancing With The Stars' (Q&A)". Interview with Rebecca Leffler, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 22, 2012.
“We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.”
“I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”

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