February 2012
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“Meryl. Mamma mia. We were in Greece. We danced. I was gay. We were happy.”
– Colin Firth, introducing best actress nominee Meryl Streep. (via washingtonpoststyle)
“Oliver was siezed with one of those extraordinary fits of humour, surely manic...”
– —account of a dinner party of Cromwell’s, 11 February 1648, from ‘Cromwell Our Chief of Men’ by Antonia Fraser (via shitolivercromwellsaid)
#both the best and the worst at being puritan
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“Yes, but you must be serious about it. I hate people who are not serious about...”
– Algernon, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (via chaoticbookshelf)
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“I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don’t want him to...”
– Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
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Keep calm and carry on, 1965
icelandphotoarchive:
An Icelandic television crew at the creation of the volcanic island of Syrtlingur in 1965. (Anything happening now?)
Photo: Ari Kárason
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Ricky: You're quite a couple of sad little men, aren't you?
Gareth: Sad little men? He's thrown a kettle over a pub, what've you done?
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CAROLYN: Why Kuala Lumpur?
ARTHUR: It’s like Helsinki. I’ve always wanted to go there. It sounds...
CAROLYN: Arthur. Let me warn you I am not in the best of tempers, and I strongly advise you not to start talking about a city populated by either koalas or Oompa-Loompas.
ARTHUR: I have nothing to say.
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“But I was in search of love in those days, and I went full of curiosity and the...”
– Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited (via lost-kingdom)
“I had a strong sense as a kid, who was constantly belittled by vile PE teachers,...”
– Mark Gatiss (via bbcsherlockftw)
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