"That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong."

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Source : Replying to a politician who said 'I will support you as long as you are in the right', in Lord David Cecil 'Lord M' (1954) ch. 4

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

#Men Quotes #Support Quotes #Want Quotes

“I live for those rare and delicious moments when the words on the page take off and I am the bystander, watching as the tale shows me what will happen next.”
“My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.”
“It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.”

Source : Frank Auerbach, Hayward Gallery, Fruit Market Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain (1978). “Frank Auerbach: catalogue of an exhibtion held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 4 May - 2 July 1978, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 15 July 12 August, 1978”
“There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.”
“Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.”
“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
“Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.”
“I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.”

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