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I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#face #i #live #looks #me

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #happy #himself #least #man

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #course #five #forward #given

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#bartender #book #critic #drunk #good

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#friendly #looks #possible #tomorrow

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#fly #found #future #had #i

Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#direction #looking #men #other #right

Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car. ↗

— Evan Davis

#car #into #look #moment #parked

We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#associate #conditions #delayed #diseases #earlier

When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#approach #australian #challenges #government #how