Nancy Mitford Quotes
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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. … Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
Patrick Henry
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn't mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
Harold Wilson
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When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
Eckhart Tolle
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Clothe me entire in the final filament, So that I tremble with such love so known And myself am precious for your perfecting.
Wallace Stevens
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For it stirs the blood in an old man’s heart, And makes his pulses fly,To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.
Elena Kagan
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I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should not be rewarded. But often it isn't, and common decency requires that we take care of the least of these.
Joe Klein
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In football, it's the ultimate team sport. You have to have good people around you as a quarterback for things to happen.
Warren Moon
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I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.
James Anthony Froude
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Lend.” “Lend?” Raquel asked. “Yes, as in, lend me your self.” He shimmered into Raquel again. “Why not Borrow?” I asked. “Better yet, Steal?
Kiersten White
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I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.
Nancy Mitford
