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Quote by J.B. Priestley
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats. – J.B. Priestley

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We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable. – J.B. Priestley

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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? – J.B. Priestley

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Never concentrating so hard than when manoeuvring a full cup of tea whilst lying down. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

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…a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides — firesides that were waiting — waiting, for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea. – Agnes Repplier, To Think of Tea!

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The first sip of tea is always the best… you cringe as it burns the back of your throat, knowing you just had the hottest carpe-diem portion. – Terri Guillemets

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Outside of a teapot life is but thousands of dusty affairs. – Terri Guillemets

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