Quote by John Betjeman
Peoples backyards are much more interesting than their front garde

Peoples backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. – John Betjeman

Other quotes by John Betjeman

I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. – John Betjeman

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Future, The
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Keep our Empire undismembered guide our Forces by Thy Hand, gallant blacks from far Jamaica, Honduras and Togoland; protect them Lord in all their fights, and even more, protect the whites. – John Betjeman

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Empire
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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me its the oil of life. – John Betjeman

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Poetry
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When I go on the plane to fly home, Im literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home. – Eric Bana

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Home

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home. – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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Home

I really see myself as a homegirl. Wales is my first home. London is my second home – Ive been there 14 years now. – Katherine Jenkins

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Home

So Im more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. Its weird being here. It feels like Im standing next to my real life. – Henry Rollins

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Home

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The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence. – Linda Vester

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Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. – Proverb

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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. – Benjamin Franklin

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Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. – William J. H. Boetcker

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