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Whatever happened to the good old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis and general all-round suffering? ↗

— Arnold Wesker

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Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done. ↗

— Charles Wesley

#cries #done #faith #god #impossibilities

No one wants to know I set my alarm and get up 8, but I think it's too weird to sleep in too late. ↗

— David Spade

#get #i #i think #know #late

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. ↗

— Orson Welles

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A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle into nothing. They go off to Florida and become jolly boring. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#become #boring #die #florida #go

In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer. ↗

— Mary Wesley

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It seemed sensible to move to a market town where I could walk everywhere. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#everywhere #i #market #move #seemed

Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun! ↗

— Mary Wesley

#course #does #fun #lot #off

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#aspects #being #challenge #continue #countryside

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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