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Lytton Strachey Quotes

When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved.

Lytton Strachey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time Language New Civilization Same

All my life, books have felt alive; some more so than people, or rather, some people. Alive - this has to do with me, I know, and not the books - in a way that some people aren't. Alive as teachers, alive as minds, alive as imaginative triggers.

Andrea Barrett

Life People Me My Life Alive Know

I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.

John Lydon

People Internet Problem You Lying

Lots of children have had dark experiences, and if they're not having direct dark experiences, they are thinking about things and learning that life is fragile. You have to acknowledge that side of life to be able to then offer comfort and hope and goodwill.

Matt Haig

Life Learning Hope Children Thinking

Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments.

Anish Kapoor

Work Moments Out Grows Eureka Few

We, being the Western world, wouldn't let Russia off the hook on debt. So there were demands on debt servicing in the early days until they ran out of reserves. There was no real aid program, just a fictional aid program.

Jeffrey Sachs

World Early Debt Real Russia Out

This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track.

Robby Gordon

Passionate Competitive Track Very

I have a very high expectation for everything I do. And when I go out and compete, I expect myself to make every play.

Colin Kaepernick

Myself Play Go Expectation Out High

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington.

Brian Mulroney

Control Political Problem Washington

For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.

Anson Mount

Me Believe Acting Play Playing Well

I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be.

Wiz Khalifa

Beginning Song Rest Never Write

This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Relationship Beautiful World Trying

You know what happens in all the big companies and business in the world. If something doesn't work, you have to find a solution.

Pep Guardiola

Work Business World Solution You