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Lytton Strachey Quotes

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

Lytton Strachey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Simplicity Unity Direction Language

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Hope Power Power Corrupts True Turn

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

Tom Coburn

Sunshine Government Practice Will

As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it would give them freedom from the domestic grind. Now it seems work is a form of slavery, undertaken out of apparent compulsion rather than choice.

Tom Hodgkinson

Work Mother Women Son Freedom Grind

There is an overall seriousness in tone that pervades 'To The 5 Boroughs.'

Mike D

Tone Seriousness Overall

I do basically what a conductor does with a baton, except I also play along with the orchestra. So I have to juggle the roles of playing the concertmaster; sometimes I drop the violin and wave my arms.

Joshua Bell

Wave Play Sometimes Violin Orchestra

Peter Kaplan was a giant.

Jared Kushner

Giant Peter

Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.

Dieter Rams

Future Important Things Spectacular

The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship.

Draymond Green

Team Win Winning Goal Realistic Six

Honestly, at the end of the day, what I want women to know is that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. And that it should not define who you are.

Ashley Graham

Beauty Women Day End Of The Day End

It turns out nudity is not a problem for me. It's one of those things you think about later and say, 'Yeah, I could do this for a living.'

Winter Ave Zoli

Me Think Problem You Say Living

India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with the world.

Pratibha Patil

World You Security India Need

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.

Sydney Smith

Small Impossible Clothes Invention