"Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy."
-J. B. Priestley
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"To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.“
-J. B. Priestley
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"We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types."
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"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
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"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
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"When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going."
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"There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going."
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"What is the worth of anything, But for the happiness 'twill bring?"
-Richard Owen Cambridge
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"There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating."
-Frederick Delius
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"The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to free labor, and which is necessary for the support and happiness of our own race."
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"Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow."
-Monica Edwards
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