"And there was that letter from the Bramleysâ€”that really made me feel good. You donâ€™t find people like the Bramleys now; radio, television and the motorcar have carried the outside world into the most isolated places so that the simple people you used to meet on the lonely farms are rapidly becoming like people anywhere else. There are still a few left, of courseâ€”old folk who cling to the ways of their fathers and when I come across any of them I like to make some excuse to sit down and talk with them and listen to the old Yorkshire words and expressions which have almost disappeared."

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Source : James Herriot (2012). “All Creatures Great and Small: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet”, p.313, Pan Macmillan

James Herriot

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“History is sympathetic to its authors.”

Source : "Into the Heart of Truth: The Spirit of Relational Yoga". Book by John McAfee, 2001.
“You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.”
“Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”

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“Many people love in themselves what they hate in others”
“What worries you, masters you.”
“I like pieces that have everyday appeal and can be worn anywhere!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the lives of your betters. It makes you wise in some ways, but it can make you a blindfolded fool in others.”

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