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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#earned #earth #heaven #here #pennies

When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#back #bad #career #early #few

Women! I have no idea. I don't know anything about women at all. They're a complete mystery to me. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#anything #complete #complete mystery #i #idea

An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#author #avoid #being #course #day

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#against #blind #both #determined #historian

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects. ↗

— Lion Feuchtwanger

#dealt #disturbed #epoch #ever #historical

If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field of battle did not die in vain, fair employment practices are correct and necessary. ↗

— Dennis Chavez

#battle #constitution #correct #declaration #did

Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#back #british #britons #elites #given

Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#choice #choosing #inherent #leaders #making

For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#decent #despise #even #generations #learned