#pa

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#get #idea #intrigued #listen #lives

Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#about #back #book #california #class

There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#between #class #england #huge #north

Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#continue #every #hispanic #issue #oppose

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#different #different way #done #fascinating #passage

How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire. ↗

— Mel Smith

#get #how #pantomime #satire #set

I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her. ↗

— Mel Smith

#had #her #i #i think #i wish

I think there's a passion for God like never before. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#god #i #i think #like #never

The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits. ↗

— Patti Smith

#because #biggest #concern #concerned #doing

We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number. ↗

— Nathaniel Smith

#difficulties #eighty #fear #great #great number