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  • #1
    “The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is.”
    ― Carson of Downton Abbey.
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  • #2
    “Harsh reality is always better than false hope.”
    ― Downton Abbey
    tags: false-hope, inspirational, reality
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  • #3
    Jessica Fellowes
    “Matthew: Shall I remind you of some of the choicest remarks you made about me when I arrived here? Because they live in my memory as fresh as the day they were spoken.

    Mary: Oh, Matthew. What am I always telling you? You must pay no attention to the things I say.

    When they kiss, it is a long kiss, all the more passionate for being delayed far longer than it should have been.”
    ― Jessica Fellowes, The World of Downton Abbey
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    Julian Fellowes
    “I'm not romantic. But I shall think that the heart has other uses, rather than just pumping blood.”
    ― Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season One
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    Jessica Fellowes
    “There's an independence about Mary - she's not influenced by anyone and she's very much her own person, she makes her own decisions. I understand her because I'm one of three girls too and I've always been defiant that I didn't want to do what they did.”
    ― Jessica Fellowes, The World of Downton Abbey
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    Jessica Fellowes
    “Mary is a very well-written typical eldest child in that she puts her own needs at the forefront... She's not as inclined to conciliate or placate. Cora is fascinated by Mary”
    ― Jessica Fellowes, The World of Downton Abbey
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  • #7
    “Hope is a tease designed to prevent us accepting reality.”
    ― Downton Abbey
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  • #8
    Julian Fellowes
    “Mary: “Don’t be spiky, when I only want what you want – for you and Tony to walk into the sunset together.”
    Mabel: “Then why turn up looking like a cross between a Vogue fashion plate and a case of dynamite?”
    Mary: “Well, I can’t make it too easy for him.”
    ― Julian Fellowes
    tags: downton-abbey, dynamite, women
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    Julian Fellowes
    “I'm a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose.”
    ― Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season Four
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  • #10
    “Look, it comes down to whether or not you love me! That's all! That's it! The rest is detail”
    ― Tom Branson
    tags: downton-abbey
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  • #11
    “What I see is a good man, m'lady. And they are not like buses. There won't be another one around in ten minutes time"

    Anna Bates "Downton Abbey”
    ― Anna Bates "Downton Abbey"
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  • #12
    “Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.”
    ― dowager countess of downton abbey
    tags: humor-and-irony
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  • #13
    “Sometimes a hard sacrifice must be made for a future that's worth having”
    ― Tom Branson
    tags: downton-abbey
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  • #14
    “The business of life is the acquisition of memories.”
    ― Charles Carson
    tags: downton-abbey
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  • #15
    Jessica Fellowes
    “Real love means giving someone the power to hurt you.”
    ― Jessica Fellowes, The Wit and Wisdom of Downton Abbey
    tags: branson
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  • #16
    Julian Fellowes
    “Love is like riding or speaking French. If you don’t learn it young, it’s hard to get the trick of it later.”
    ― Julian Fellowes
    tags: love
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  • #17
    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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  • #18
    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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  • #20
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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  • #21
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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  • #22
    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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  • #23
    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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  • #24
    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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  • #25
    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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  • #26
    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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  • #27
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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  • #28
    Oscar Wilde
    “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy
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  • #29
    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
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  • #30
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
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