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

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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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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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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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A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. – Chinese Proverb

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So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said Whos speaking please? And a voice said You are. – Tim Vine

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Home

All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didnt see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying. – Kate Moss

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Home

In our home there was always prayer – aloud, proud and unapologetic. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Home

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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. – Norman Vincent Peale

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There is no forgiveness in nature. – Ugo Betti

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