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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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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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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I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges.
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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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Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.
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My voice is not for me. Every time I make a sentence I think how many people for how many generations had a voice that no one could hear. At most they will be remembered as numbers; in many cases, even numbers don’t exist.
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A man thinks all dust stays outdoors.
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Whispering can be a rest from a noisy world of words.
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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!
