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  • George Borrow I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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  • Louis Aragon I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.
    Louis Aragon
    French poet (1897 - 1982)
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  • Shirley Conran I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.
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  • Nancy Astor I married beneath me. All women do.
    Nancy Astor
    First woman Member of Parliament (1879 - 1964)
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  • Bryan Batt I think there is this steely strength beneath this beautiful veneer that a lot of women possess. I can't fathom or understand it.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Enid Bagnold In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
    Enid Bagnold
    British writer, playwright (1889 - 1981)
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  • Tennessee Williams It is almost as if you were frantically constructing another world while the world that you live in dissolves beneath your feet, and that your survival depends on completing this construction at least one second before the old habitation collapses.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Katherine Mansfield It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.
    Katherine Mansfield
    New Zealand-born British Author (1888 - 1923)
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  • Adela Florence Nicolson Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.
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  • Arna Bontemps Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.
    Arna Bontemps
    American poet, novelist and librarian
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  • Juvenal Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Salman Rushdie Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Aeschylus Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Bruce Barton No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Aaron Hill Oh, treacherous night! thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.
    Aaron Hill
    English dramatist and writer (1685 - 1750)
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  • Adela Florence Nicolson Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?.
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  • James Baldwin Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Emily Brontë The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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