“People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom.” PeopleYearsLittlesLongForgetPovertyHappenedMiserySoldierBoredomIncidentsAmusingOld Soldiers Book:R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
“Time in China has no immediacy as in America. Here I find the swift passage of our few earthly years accepted as naturally as the fall of flower and leaf. ... I hear and speak a language in which grammar has no tense. Both scholars and illiterates, in ordinary daily speech, tell an event of centuries ago as casually as an incident of the hour. Only as my knowledge has accumulated have I been able to know whether something related happened just then or in some past dynasty.” KnowsYearsAbleAmericaPastTimeFallSpeakLanguageHoursHappenedCenturyEventsFlowerSpeechOrdinaryChinaAcceptedRelatedPassagesScholarLeafsGrammarIncidentsTenseDynastyImmediacy Author:Nora Waln
“I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.” PoliticalResponsibilityClearHappenedCarStudentsRelationPoliceAnalysisProtestDisagreeIncidentsDemonstrationWalesPolitical Responsibility Author:Theresa May