#lan

Now the master paid a number of visits to England and, as a Cambridge man, it is a source of pride that he taught there for a longer period than elsewhere in my country. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

#country #elsewhere #england #longer #man

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#melancholy #stems

I left this morning saying ‘I love you’ as if setting out for some unknown country instead of the corner shop. I wanted you to be sure, in case this time - out of, say, 10,000 departures I never made it back: although after 50 years together, 2 countries, 3 children, and several former journeys that would put this one to shame you’d think there’d be no need to pause on my own doorstep, suddenly afraid of the distance between us, of your absolute beauty, of the growing aloneness when I clicked the latch. ↗

— Peter Bland

#peter-bland #beauty

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#architecture #arrived #filled #go #i

One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work. ↗

— Josh Charles

#business #his #i #learned #one thing

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England. ↗

— Phil Collen

#england #played #years

I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong. ↗

— Ken Starr

#language #practice #said #sharp #wrong

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#big influence #came #comedy #feel #had

My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands. ↗

— Jason Statham

#canary #father #islands #now #run

He plants trees to benefit another generation. ↗

— Caecilius Statius

#another #benefit #generation #plants #trees