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Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. ”
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation. ”
People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. ”
My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. ”
The scribbler's life is never done. ”
I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. ”
In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life. ”
All my life I have fought corruption. ”
I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life. ”
Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. ”