"What one discovers in life, I find, is……" — Lynne Truss
"What one discovers in life, I find, is that one's personality defects don't come and go."
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60 Quotes by Lynne Truss
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Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.
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The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
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Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and…
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The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations.…
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The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.
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Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have…
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As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything…
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Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.
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Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?
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After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.
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As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying,…
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I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought…
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More Defects Quotes
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
— Saint Basil
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
— Max Beerbohm
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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are…
— Chaz Bono
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects…
— Albert Camus
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I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.
— Roberto Cavalli
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I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I…
— Hugo Chavez
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather…
— Margaret Halsey
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