Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there.
Truman Capote
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ... ANGELA CARTER The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo... KATHERINE VUCICEVIC No, sweet one. See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we gro... J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha... ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don... ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one. ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina... WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea... WALLIS SIMPSON I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w... WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave. WALLIS SIMPSON I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me. WALLIS SIMPSON A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compe... WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain. WALLIS SIMPSON You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting. WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin. WALLIS SIMPSON A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. KING SOLOMON It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most... FREDERICK THE GREAT Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All... KATE MIDDLETON There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. MARIE ANTOINETTE I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. MARIE ANTOINETTE I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. QUEEN VICTORIA I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman. KING JAMES I I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. CHARLES V I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister. KATE MIDDLETON
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HARRY TRUMAN [The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can... HARRY TRUMAN It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. HARRY TRUMAN The world is not static and the status quo is not sacred. TRUMAN DOCTRINE I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. HARRY TRUMAN Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only on... HARRY TRUMAN You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it's going to be... BESS TRUMAN You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it's going to be you... BESS TRUMAN Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of ... BESS TRUMAN It's nice to win. BESS TRUMAN It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years. BESS TRUMAN I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them. BESS TRUMAN I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these books. BESS TRUMAN I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall wan... BESS TRUMAN I have a strong tennis arm. BESS TRUMAN I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejud... BESS TRUMAN A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straigh... BESS TRUMAN A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an
optimist is one who makes oppo... HARRY TRUMAN All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing an... HARRY TRUMAN How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?. HARRY TRUMAN There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live
happily, and to be at peace with h... HARRY TRUMAN Activities like that are really good for the city and the activist community. CARL TRUMAN There's probably ideology connected to each group that would conflict. CARL TRUMAN No one really works together and I don't think that people mean to be that way, they just don't real... CARL TRUMAN It's just the city, kind of, honestly, college students are pretty apathetic. CARL TRUMAN It seemed like he was getting a lot of [expletive] for that, just being out there. It didn't seem li... CARL TRUMAN It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. HARRY TRUMAN Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up ... BESS TRUMAN Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes. HARRY TRUMAN We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in... HARRY TRUMAN You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog! HARRY TRUMAN Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras. MARGARET TRUMAN He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of... MARGARET TRUMAN He loved politicians - even Republicans. MARGARET TRUMAN He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate. MARGARET TRUMAN I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not ... HARRY TRUMAN The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a... HARRY TRUMAN The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know. HARRY TRUMAN Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. HARRY TRUMAN Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You rem... HARRY TRUMAN The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better. HARRY TRUMAN Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself. HARRY TRUMAN Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand fo... HARRY TRUMAN It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years. BESS TRUMAN I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall... BESS TRUMAN It's nice to win. BESS TRUMAN I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these book... BESS TRUMAN A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on str... BESS TRUMAN I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them. BESS TRUMAN Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it. 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HARRY S TRUMAN They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation.... HARRY S TRUMAN I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a ... HARRY S TRUMAN The Buck Stops Here HARRY S TRUMAN Shortly after I was elected, in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight, I made up my mind that I would not... HARRY S TRUMAN Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr... HARRY S TRUMAN The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special repre... HARRY S TRUMAN When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here,... HARRY S TRUMAN You know, the greatest epitaph in the country is here in Arizona. Its in Tombstone, Ariz. , and this... HARRY S TRUMAN There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the Presiden... 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HARRY S. TRUMAN Start slow and taper off. HARRY S. TRUMAN That government is best which governs least. HARRY S. TRUMAN I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a po... HARRY S. TRUMAN It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's v... HARRY S. TRUMAN Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the su... HARRY S. TRUMAN All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. HARRY S TRUMAN