Bernard Levin Quotes
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Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
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In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.
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No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
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The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.
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Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy)…
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If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative…
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I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.
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The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.
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Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.
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Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else…
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What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a…
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