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“I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.”

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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless youre really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.”

Feels Looks Littles Persons Interesting Intelligent Mirrors Curious Competent Soulful

Author:Gregory Maguire

“I like to think Im a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.”

Thinking Way Guy Serious Guilty

Author:Gregory Maguire

“As I said to Speedicut, it's hell in the diplomatic.”

Said Hell Diplomatic

Author:George MacDonald

“I know my Easts and Tom Brown, you see, and they're never happy unless their morality is being tried in the furnace and they can feel they are doing the right Christian thing and never mind the consequences to anyone else.”

Knows Feels Mind Christian Morality Consequence Brown Toms Furnaces

Author:George MacDonald

“It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talking or brooding about it, much less in making, for form's sake, a parade of it. Better and healthier to forget it, and look to tomorrow.The celebrated British stiff upper lip, the resolve to conceal emotion which is not only embarrassing and useless, but harmful, is just plain commons sense”

“A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a club for the cult of ethics.”

Ethics Clubs Cult Stock Exchange

Author:Max Weber

“I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.”

Surprise East London Driven Driving East London

Author:Zaha Hadid

“Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.”

Causes Known Available Sufficient Favour Hypothesis

Author:Max Weber

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