J. M. Roberts Quotes

There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality.

J. M. Roberts

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'The Gardener' is more than a marvellous collection of images by a master photographer.

John Burnside

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I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

Jerome K. Jerome

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Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

Maya Angelou

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On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing.

Jean Stapleton

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The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous.

RuPaul

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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

Michel de Montaigne

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You get to that age where you're watching a lot of television, and who doesn't want to be on television?

Jason Marsden

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Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream.

Draymond Green

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Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Clarence Day

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When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.

Bruce Barton

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Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband, Michael Aris, was a good friend of mine at St Antony's, Oxford. The gentlest of gentle academics, he helped establish a centre in Tibetan studies at Oxford and converted to Buddhism.

Alistair Horne

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Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell for kids all over the country. That song was about the kids I grew up with.

Paul Weller

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