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He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#gifted #instinct #passes #rich #self-preservation

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#been #early #go #haven #i

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#anyone #civilized #creed #curious #every

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#come #delicate #forgotten #god #into

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#enough #heaven #horrors #human #human mind

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#away #especially #get #manners #need

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#die #forgets #names #needs #vocabulary

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#best #films #good #just #make

I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show. ↗

— Ruby Wax

#barely #could #divine #film #football

Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. ↗

— Gerard Way

#anyone #anything #band #cool #different