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The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.


Alexander McCall Smith

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C. JOYBELL C. I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
BEAR GRYLLS When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.
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played beneath the ocean
waving through the orb
the memories of ...
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JUSTIN PYFROM You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace."
I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl...
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“In a slum somewhere in India
As...
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BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.
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FRANCINE RIVERS Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.
VIRGINIA WOOLF I feel like a cup of tea with no milk. I just had one. It was disgusting.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window
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LEMONY SNICKET A cup of tea is all I need to keep working.
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JAMIE FORD Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t...
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ALEXANDER SMITH I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
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RAHUL BODKHE It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo...
J.D. SALINGER There are types of people who want to have leverage over other people's lives. For no other reason t...
C. JOYBELL C. Dearly beloved – dearly revered – dearly discovered – dearly feared – all present – all po...
DHARLENE MARIE FAHL She ordered a cup of tea, which proved excessively bad, and this gave her a sense that she was suffe...
HENRY JAMES My flat's about half a mile away, and you know what I'd like most of all in the world? I'd like a cu...
PHILIP PULLMAN All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year tha...
GEORGE ORWELL A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.
CATHERINE HELEN SPENCE He had what he called just a small ration of tools:
A painted book.
A handful of pencils.<...
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BARBARA PYM Let your true love be your lifetime treasure and beyond.
ANGELICA HOPES The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an...
ARNOLD BENNETT Even enjoying a cup of tea, with all your senses involved in it is also pure meditation.
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C. JOYBELL C. The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
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CALAMITY JANE Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Farming is the oldest profession on earth
SOTONYE ANGA He said it was the kind of book you made your own.
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MCCALL HOYLE It's not about sour grapes. It's about a fair shot.
ED MCCALL The Talmud states, "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love merc...
BRIDGES MCCALL To pull this together in such a short time, and for the public to respond so wholeheartedly is amazi...
DAVINA MCCALL I'm afraid you have to leave us -
DAVINA MCCALL They're all... looking... a little... nervous right now
DAVINA MCCALL I knew it was really, really popular when my granny told me she watched it, and was addicted. When y...
DAVINA MCCALL The people who go into that house are a cross section of British culture. They're not freaks.
DAVINA MCCALL He's such a lovely fellow, that Lester Piggott.
DAVINA MCCALL It's easy to present - out with a very, very rowdy crowd talking to the camera,
DAVINA MCCALL I can't believe you are showing no remorse.
DAVINA MCCALL We knew coming in that this would be a litmus test for our team. Who better to see where you're at t...
JIM MCCALL Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a p...
DAVID MCCALL Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a p...
DAVID MCCALL Do not wait and hope to be discovered...make yourself so you cannot be denied!
JAMIE MCCALL We've eight players involved in the panel, and that would be a big lump out of our squad,
MARK MCCALL It's a chance for us to show off to these companies.
DEAN MCCALL We are just geeks who want to pull the two cities together and pool our resources.
DEAN MCCALL The project (we) are working on is a community based, public-need project. The people we are focusin...
DEAN MCCALL See it, learn it, do it ALL.
JAMIE MCCALL He was all right in high school. Girls liked him. He was cool.
DON MCCALL We rode bikes together sometimes.
DON MCCALL Some of the guys who come in my barber shop said they saw him and he was saying to come down to the ...
DON MCCALL As a coach, you remain optimistic. You go into every battle, every contest, thinking if we do what's...
ED MCCALL You're playing against a stacked deck. I think that's all we're asking for was a fair shot for our c...
ED MCCALL It wasn't about kicking them out. This was not a proposal made out of sour grapes.
ED MCCALL We've got mobile homes rolled into mobile homes. We've got mobile homes blown into houses. It's all ...
DAVID MCCALL Our labor agreement was one that the membership overwhelmingly ratified, and it turned out to be a p...
DAVID MCCALL There's an advantage to belonging to an international. One obvious thing (affecting union members) i...
DAVID MCCALL There's an advantage to belonging to an international.
DAVID MCCALL We've broadened people's responsibilities, and we are far more productive than we use to be.
DAVID MCCALL Many of these people have never, ever had a livable wage. It will also give them benefits like paid ...
DAVID MCCALL We do not want people to be here. We want them out of harm's way.
FRANK MCCALL You never say never. People in Florida never saw anything like [Hurricane] Andrew.
FRANK MCCALL