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The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to…
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In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call…
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Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise,…
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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch…
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Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
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Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate…
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It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children,…
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How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out for them;…
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To like Keats is a test of fitness for understanding poetry, just as to like Shakespeare is a test of general mental…
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Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay,…
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For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.
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That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.
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I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.
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I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be…
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To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply,…
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We're out for revenge and I fancy us to beat them!
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Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a…
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I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy.
— Terence Stamp
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I don't really think of most non-English as people, more or less indigenous squirrels that I fancy to kick around with my…
— Thom Yorke
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I never carry money, just like the real Queen. If I fancy something in a shop I always ask someone on our…
— Freddie Mercury
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I've always loved books. I'm passionate about them. I think books are sexy. They are smooth and solid and contain delightful surprises.…
— Sue Townsend
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All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
— Oscar Wilde
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I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is…
— William Allen White
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I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.
— Lisa Ling
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