#which

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#aim #better #dull #ironies #least

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#becomes #book #come #eyes #i

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#breakup #concurrently #device #did #even

One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period. ↗

— Theresa May

#britain #caused #certain #could #demand

People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they're going to travel. ↗

— Theresa May

#alternatives #choice #going #journeys #make

What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis. ↗

— Theresa May

#balanced #basis #believe #both #both sides

What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing. ↗

— Theresa May

#areas #doing #everybody #forces #going

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #i am #imposed #lifestyle #me

Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#anyone #bands #being #books #community

I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an office as a bedroom, and during the day, my bed is rather like an extension of my desk. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#bed #bedroom #chained #computer #day