"It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging."

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Source : "The old bruiser who remained the boy next door". Interview with William Keegan, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2006.

Denis Healey

#Law Quotes #Digging Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.”
“Charity in the theatre usually begins and ends with people who have a play opening the week following one's own. Their unlikely benevolence is not so much a purity of heart as the knowledge that they face a firing line with rifles aimed in exactly the same direction.”
“I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,”
“For the record, someone will ALWAYS say that you are too big, too thin, too lean, too fat, too whatever. In my opinion, they are too conceited to think that their opinion is going to change our behavior. A person with confidence won't be deterred! Keep after it!”
“If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.”
“Behold a tree. Does it not speak to us thusly: 'Don't you see that God is not working himself into a frenzy in me? I am calmly, quietly, silently pouring forth my life and bringing forth fruit. Do thou likewise.'”
“The holiday is clearly growing in importance for the industry. Halloweens fun, enjoyable and doesn't require a big investment to celebrate. The primary focus is the child and families typically do all they can to make sure the children have fun.”
“It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how many hits the page got.”

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