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  • In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes , Book Quotes , Army Quotes
  • We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world. One did the sets, another did the costumes. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Jay Lerner Quotes , Book Quotes , Costumes Quotes
  • There are no witches. The witch text remains; only the practice has changed. Hell fire is gone, but the text remains. Infant damnation is gone, but the text remains. More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the texts that authorized them remain.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Book Quotes , Fire Quotes
  • The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Book Quotes , Voice Quotes
  • That's a waste of time. If you really understand Zen... you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in Wonderland. You could use the dictionary, because... the sound of the rain needs no translation.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Rain Quotes , Book Quotes
  • An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches.
    • 6 years ago



    Tags : A. A. Gill Quotes , Book Quotes , Next Week Quotes