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The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy. ↗

— Dawn Powell

#always #burlesque #comedy #dupe #fox

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting. ↗

— William Powell

#dieting #effective #highly #i #more

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends. ↗

— Enoch Powell

#ends #journey #mean #means #my journey

I do not keep a diary. Never have. To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit. ↗

— Enoch Powell

#diary #every #every day #i #i do

We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim. ↗

— Jane Powell

#attractive #being #being strong #ditch #idea

Communication works for those who work at it. ↗

— John Powell

#those #who #work #works

In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#did #elections #get #having #just

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker. ↗

— John Powell

#know #listener #speaker #truly #wants

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows. ↗

— John Powell

#grow #his #horizon #much #only

In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#changes #charges #choose #climate #congestion