Linda Colley Quotes

Both Conservative and Labour politicians in Britain are rather too fond of praising the relative 'classlessness' of American society and of urging their own people to emulate it. There is a certain falseness about such arguments, and also a certain hypocrisy.

Linda Colley

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PeopleSocietyAmericanHypocrisy

Everything is finite, right? Nothing can last forever.

Joe Russo

NothingRightEverythingForever

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

John Stuart Mill

MenActBeliefsMajorityFew

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

Sofia Kovalevskaya

YouKnowSayMayMustCome

My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at school. GCSEs were just a breeze for me.

Stormzy

GoodSchoolMeGradesGood Grades

In high school, I got into folk music, and I taught myself guitar. And when The Beatles came out, I got an electric guitar.

Tommy Ramone

MusicMyselfSchoolHigh SchoolHigh

I've never shied away from hard work.

Robin Leach

WorkHard WorkNeverHardAway

Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.

Josiah Royce

KnowledgeSpeakPresentYouImage

It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried.

Dolly Parton

MeOldEatYearsCocktailShrimp

You can't have your kayak and heat it.

Denis Norden

YouHeatYour

I always knew I wanted it to be illustrated.

David Sedaris

AlwaysKnewWantedIllustrated

I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent, coddled the guilty, and made matters worse for everyone.

Christine Pelosi

SexCircleGuiltyInnocentWatching

It's hard to mix work and love.

Coco Martin

WorkLoveHardMix

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