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Lytton Strachey Quotes

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

Lytton Strachey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: english
Birth: March 1, 1880 - January 21, 1932

Topics

Better Biography Discretion Part

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework.

Age Tomorrow Looking Back Looking

The high cost of housing is crushing poor families and sending them to a state of desperation.

Matthew Desmond

Poor Desperation Housing High Cost

Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color means one's race is a constant issue.

Color America Negativity White Race

My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish.

Stephen Greenblatt

Father Story Long Line Tell Punch

I don't follow brands religiously, but there are certain brands I feel comfortable wearing, like H&M and Zara.

Rithvik Dhanjani

Feel Comfortable Follow Like I Feel

Collective solutions to individual problems is very seductive. It's how Obama gets elected, by the way.

Problems Way Individual Collective

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.

Father Children Remember You Lose

I find looking forward scary because you might die.

Domhnall Gleeson

Looking Forward Looking Forward Die

Some women facing 'honour' crimes require relocation far outside the reaches of their extended families and changes of identity to escape detection.

Women Identity Escape Changes Far

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

Music You Living Matter Through Get

I know that sounds corny. And I know you've heard it before. But it's really true: We're so much more than our bodies.

You Know True More Corny Sounds

Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.

Vacation Attention You Never Out

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