Quotes 181 till 195 of 195.
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We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
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When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.
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When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
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Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
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Winston was a bit of a challenge, all right, from a lot of different perspectives. It wasn't just the culture or the class divide or the historical baggage - it was also the age difference. We had to see if I could be aged-up legitimately, without it becoming some sort of hokey acting challenge.
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Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
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Writing is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.
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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
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In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
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Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Harrow School, 29-10-1941
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