"We don't live alone. We are members of……" — J. B. Priestley
"We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night."
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61 Quotes by J. B. Priestley
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
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