Linda Colley Quotes

Never fly to the U.S. the day before Thanksgiving or the weekend after because every airport is guaranteed to be crammed to bursting with people in transit to, or from, their home town.

Linda Colley

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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Jeremy Taylor

FriendYouEnemyKnowGreatestYour

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

John Dalberg-Acton

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My style was established in the Forties and Fifties, then got dragged through the decades and picked up a couple more things on the way.

Andra Day

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Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.

Maurice Saatchi

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Running is very spiritual for me. It is therapeutic; it clears my mind and helps me to focus.

Amy Locane

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I want witchcraft so bad that I can't stand it. I have wands in my apartment. And I use them sometimes. I walk into the kitchen with my wand, and I come out with something on a platter and I say, 'See, magic happens.' Works every time.

Amy Sedaris

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It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it said, 'Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after' and the rest of the book was blank.

Simon Travaglia

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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Reading is becoming a kind of specialist activity, and that strikes terror into the heart of people who love reading.

Ruth Rendell

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I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas.

Louise Brown

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I give no more paroles to British officers.

Christopher Gadsden

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What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?

Anthony Bourdain

BreakfastYouMakeSomebodyThan

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