Quote by Anthony Burgess
Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room. – Anthony Burgess

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Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. – Anthony Burgess

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The English language is being augmented every year by about 400 new words. We cannot cope. We are drowning in the plethora. It – Anthony Burgess

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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. – Yitzhak Rabin

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If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees – at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes. – John L. Lewis

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He wants only to rest and to have a little peace. – Luciano Pavarotti

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I really am a woman at peace. – Laura Schlessinger

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