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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. John Arbuthnot
Political Own Lies Parties Political Parties Die Swallowing Last
Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. John Boyd Orr
Revenge Humiliation Power Defeat Lust Rulers Out Some Wipe Glory Due Been Former Wars
In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without. John Boyd Orr
Revolution Waxed Thousand Thousand Years Attack Arisen Powerful Empires Another Without Fallen Years Five Six After Internal Wars Conquest Last
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. John Buchan
Leadership Humanity Put Greatness Task Elicit
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. John Buchan
God All Things Wears Through Robe Years Shines Flesh Thin Things
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. John Buchan
Peace Fear Unknown State Kind Any Which
All my life, I have been a celebrant of Halloween. For me, it is the most important day of the year, the turning point in the old pagan calendar. John Burnside
Life Day Me Halloween Old My Life Important Year All My Life Point Most Calendar Been The Most Important Turning Turning Point Pagan
Clearly, any well-kept garden will be a source of pleasure in the summer months; in the bleak urban midwinter, however, there are few activities more likely to energise the spirit than a botanical walk. John Burnside
Garden Walk Will Few Summer Months Pleasure Spirit More Bleak Clearly Likely However Source Than Any Urban Activities
The animal encounter poem is now so distinct a genre that it would be possible to create a full-length anthology from deer encounter poems alone, and many varieties of experience would emerge from such an exercise. John Burnside
Alone Animal Experience Distinct Possible Would Would-Be Emerge Poem Poems Genre Exercise Anthology Encounter Create Many Now Deer
No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved. John Knox
Man Heart World Other Else Worshipped Has-Been No-One Devoutly Been Gods Loved Holds Place Which Held Jesus
The sight of people sleeping on the streets hits us hardest around Christmas and New Year. We see them camped out alone on the freezing concrete, and we think, with a rush of guilt, about heading home to our families and our soft beds. John Niven
Christmas Alone Home People Guilt Year Think Sleeping Our Sight Out See Rush About Heading New Freezing Around Concrete Beds Families Hits New Year Them Us Hardest Streets Soft
Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don't always get things right. And also, you don't want to be a perfect parent... You need people to be human, and part of it is imperfection. Kelly Macdonald
You Business People Difficult Parent Perfect Imperfection Part Also Always Get Human Being Want Right Things Need
Buying a particular vintage because everyone tips it and then waiting for it to mature is like gambling. The thrill is in placing the bet. Once the race is run or the match is played, you'll either win or lose. Until that happens, you're caught in this wonderful, agonising sense of expectation. Kenneth Cranham
You Waiting Wonderful Win Win Or Lose Lose Expectation Sense Everyone Once Run Bet Thrill Particular Like Until Because Match Caught Mature Tips Happens Either Placing Race Then Gambling Vintage Played Buying
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Kenneth Grahame
Worth Half Nothing About Absolutely Absolutely Nothing Simply Messing Doing Boats Much
I'm always very excited by something that's a curveball or from left field. Kevin McKidd
Field Something Excited Always Left Left Field Very
I suppose I'd always been attracted to commitment-phobes because some part of me felt unlovable. It was a lot easier to fall for a guy who I knew, on some level, wouldn't fall in love with me. There was nothing to risk. The real risk would be to finally be vulnerable to love. Laura Fraser
Love Me Fall Nothing Finally Unlovable Easier Would Would-Be Some Guy Risk Part Knew Suppose Attracted Because Vulnerable Felt Always Real Been Lot To Love Who Level
No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind. Lindsay Duncan
People Disagree Matter Mind Closed Merely How How Much Get Anywhere Them Us Much
I always thought I was singing American folk music. Lonnie Donegan
Music Thought Singing Folk Folk Music Always American
I love doing crosswords, it's so important to keep the brain going. Magnus Magnusson
Love Important Doing Brain Going Keep
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. Margaret Oliphant
Rule Temptations General General Rule Come Sought
My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. Mary Garden
Discipline Laziness Factors Block Due Lack Two
In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young. Mary Garden
World Dangerous Young Considered Extremely Flying Hazardous Pushing Longest Limits Pilots Australia Human Endurance Skills Aviation Flight England Mechanical Early
I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last. Midge Ure
Music Matter Lyrics Once Musical Atmosphere About Write Come Make Subject Subject Matter Done Want Then Create Base Start Last
One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full. Muriel Spark
Life Time You Age Girl Whatever Live Elusive Recognize Must Prime Occur Up May Little Little Girls Then Your Full Grow Grow Up Alert
Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn. Norman McLaren
Art Drawings Drawn Animation Move Movements
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind. Oswald Chambers
Education Mind Blessed Books
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