But this banality of violence can never excuse America, because America makes no claim to the banal.
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.”
― Mrs. Warren's Profession
― Mrs. Warren's Profession
“I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.”
― Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
― Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
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“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”
― BBC Radio presents Man and superman
― BBC Radio presents Man and superman
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