"My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis."

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Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.21, BoD – Books on Demand

Karl Philipp Moritz

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“The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action films and the hard rock music and the sex and all those things... Anything outside that, they just don't know what to do with it.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. June 14, 2000.
“The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.”
“Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, Youve got such a pretty face; why dont you lose some weight? Over the years Ive realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.”
“Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.”
“If you are trying to fool a farsighted or dimwitted person, a veiled facial disguise might be enough.”
“Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes.”
“I dated a guy for over a year who lied about his age the entire time. I found out after the fact and couldn't believe it! I even threw him a birthday party for the wrong age... I couldn't get over how hard he had tried to keep it a secret!”

Source : "Meet The Lying Game's Kirsten Prout". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. August 13, 2011.
“Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton.”

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