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Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson
Today marks the birth of the United States’ 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson. A founding father alongside the virtuous Benjamin Franklin et al, he was the primary author of the Declaration of...
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Happy Birthday, Charlie Chaplin!
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. — Charlie Chaplin It’s a bumper month for birthdays, particularly our favourite classic movie stars. Last week we fastened our...
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The Quotables Review: Bitesized Edition (#10) UK
UK Film Releases | Friday 15th April 2011 Spring is still powering on at the UK box office, with a range of releases this week including kids’ favourite Winnie the Pooh, promising independents Meek’s...
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Top 20 Tina Fey Quotes
We’re huge fans of the wonderfully-quotable Tina Fey, queen of American comedy, here at Quotables HQ. From Saturday Night Live, to Mean Girls, to 30 Rock, and not forgetting her infamous Sarah Palin...
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The Quotables Review: Bitesized Edition (#11) UK
UK Film Releases | Friday 20th April 2011 Happy Bank Holiday weekend! It’s Easter madness at the UK cinematheque this week, with more films than we could squeeze into the Quotables Review. However,...
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Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Today we celebrate the birthday of a man whose work has endured the centuries and earned him the title of the greatest writer in the history of the English language. Though his birthdate was not...
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The Quotables Review: Bitesized Edition (#12) UK
UK Film Releases | Friday 29th April 2011 It’s Royal Wedding weekend, but if you’d rather hide indoors and let the regal parade roll by, cinema has been kind to all non-celebrators on this second lazy...
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Odes to Technology
Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again? — Roy Trenneman Sometimes quotations get a bad reputation for being stuffy or old-fashioned, but some of the choicest words were pronounced about...
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The Joy of Reading
So many books, so little time. — Frank Zappa One of the joys of quotations is that you can enjoy all of the pithy wisdom of great writers, thinkers, and speakers, without having to catch up on reams of...
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Guest Post: Shelter from the Storm
Guest blogger Adam Gee, cross-platform commissioner at Channel 4, shares his favourite lyrical inspiration: Walter Pater, the art and literary critic much admired by Oscar Wilde, wrote that “All art...
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