"That last winter was a tragic story and……" — Laurie Lee
"That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it."
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Laurie Lee
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17 Quotes by Laurie Lee
Laurie Lee has 17 quotes on this site.
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What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild…
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Such a morning it is when love leans through geranium windows and calls with a cockerel's tongue. When red-haired girls…
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But our waking life, and our growing years, were for the most part spent in the kitchen, and until we…
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The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on…
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Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond…
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For the first time I was learning how much easier it was to leave than to stay behind and love.
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At best, love is simply the slipping of a hand in another's, of knowing you are where you belong at…
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In London, Man is the most secret animal on earth.
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All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of…
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The Welsh are not like any other people in Britain, and they know how separate they are. They are the…
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I wanted to communicate what I had seen, so that others could see it.
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It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me.
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More Honour Quotes
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one of 515 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe…
— Teresa of Avila
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There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
— Abu Bakr
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But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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The post of honour is a private station.
— Joseph Addison
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I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.
— Geraldine Brooks
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If I honour my needs first, I will be the best wife, the best mum, the best sister, the best…
— Gisele Bundchen
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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I…
— George W. Bush
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There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have…
— Sholom Aleichem
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I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me,…
— Thomas Carlyle
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I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
— Helen Clark
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One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in…
— Nick Clegg
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My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
— Cleopatra
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