#favour

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control. ↗

— Alan Bennett

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Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. ↗

— James Buchan

#authors #cutting #disgust #effects #favourite

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#all-time #answer #ask #book #different

The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they play whenever I can. ↗

— Drew Carey

#cleveland #favourite #favourite thing #follow #hate

Fortune favours the bold. ↗

— Virgil

#favours #fortune

A little "thank you" that you will say to someone for a "little favour" shown to you is a key to unlock the doors that hide unseen "greater favours". Learn to say "thank you" and why not? ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#favour #favours #food-for-thought #grateful #gratitude

It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection. ↗

— Maurice Wilkins

#copies #could #disorder #essential #exact

Tiramisu is my favourite. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#because #days #favourite #hath #poem

We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester. ↗

— Dave Mason

#after #city #coming #england #favourite