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Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied.


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We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world.

We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world.



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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.



There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.



My life has been one long descent into respectability.

My life has been one long descent into respectability.



The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.



It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.

It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.



It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.

It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.





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He'd woken up the next day in the city hospital with Magnus Bane staring down at him with an odd expression--it could have been deep concern or merely curiosity, it was hard to tell with Magnus.

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The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.

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