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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#city #country #darkness #familiar #friendly

Writing is the supreme solace. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#supreme #writing

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability. ↗

— Neal A. Maxwell

#asking #availability #begin #capability #does

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England. ↗

— Robert Maxwell

#england #me #safe #would #you

The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums. ↗

— Brian May

#any #except #first #never #nine

We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police. ↗

— Theresa May

#chance #forces #give #hold #local

We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the United Kingdom. So we are cutting out abuse, we've restricted the number of economic - non-EU economic migrants. We're cutting out abuse across the student visa system, particularly, and we're having an impact. ↗

— Theresa May

#across #coming #cutting #drop #economic

I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine. ↗

— John Mayall

#i #i always #make #pick #players

I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear. ↗

— John Mayall

#art #art school #ear #i #learned

I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture. ↗

— John Mayall

#closest #closest thing #commentary #daily #daily show