#su

Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#endless #equally #frequently #hence #history

I can walk about London and see a society that seems an absolutely revolutionary change from the 1950s, that seems completely and utterly different, and then I can pick up on something where you suddenly see that it's not. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#absolutely #change #completely #different #i

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again and again, not so much because I want to write like them, even if I were capable of it, but simply for a sort of stylistic shot in the arm. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#arm #because #capable #even #i

I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane! ↗

— Bob Livingston

#by the time #champion #cotton #cotton fields #down

Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#because #capable #chess #hurting #just

My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. ↗

— Kenneth Robert Livingstone

#black #communities #consultation #issues #london

The result showed that fortune helps the brave. ↗

— Titus Livius

#fortune #helps #result #showed

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed. ↗

— Titus Livius

#finally #never #often #say #suppressed

The sun has not yet set for all time. ↗

— Titus Livius

#sun #time #yet

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. ↗

— Titus Livius

#certain #dissimilar #natural #nature #nevertheless