Quote by Julie Burchill
Its received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly

Its received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly. – Julie Burchill

Other quotes by Julie Burchill

Theres something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times – one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of. – Julie Burchill

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War
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Make no mistake, most women are well aware that theyve never had it so good when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely a hair/nails thing, a prelude to an evening of guilt-free fun. – Julie Burchill

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Women
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It may be a cliche, but its true – the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself. – Julie Burchill

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Christmas
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Wisdom

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that wont be true in the future. – Roone Arledge

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Wisdom

Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom. – Plato

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Wisdom

I left school at 16 but I wish Id gone to university – I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I dont think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision. – Brendan Coyle

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Wisdom

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I shall give you hunger, and pain, and sleepless nights. Also beauty, and satisfactions known to few, and glimpses of the heavenly life. None of these you shall have continually, and of their coming and going you shall not be foretold. – Howard Lindsay

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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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great

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. – Stewart Alsop

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Intelligence is not a science. – Frank Carlucci

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