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Quote by Robert Lynd
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing

Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf. – Robert Lynd

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No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. – Robert Lynd

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Christmas
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Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. – Lucinda Franks

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Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. – Frank McCourt

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Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin? – Pippa Middleton

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The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song Christmas with You from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq. – Rick Springfield

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Christmas

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Its always nice when you do something and its well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously. – Laura Linney

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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded. – Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

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