Winifred Holtby Quotes
Most gay, conversational, careless, lovely city ... where one drinks golden Tokay until one feels most beautiful, and warm and loved - oh, Budapesth!
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Socialism is simply Communism for people without the testosterone to man the barricades.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.
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I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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I think there's something really powerful and refreshing about a woman who is unapologetic.
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There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.
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I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.
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I'm a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that's always been fun.
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I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.
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Most days, I practice piano in the mornings and I spend the rest of the day painting.
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Those whom the gods love grow young.
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I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
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I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure.
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I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
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Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess.
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Most gay, conversational, careless, lovely city ... where one drinks golden Tokay until one feels most beautiful, and warm and loved - oh, Budapesth!
