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Quote by George Augustus Sala
We must yet eat, and drink, and sleep, and go into the world soliciting bread or favours.
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Understanding this quote
The speaker points to the unavoidable demands of ordinary life: eating, drinking, sleeping, and going out to seek bread or favours. Even when other concerns exist, people still depend on basic needs and on what they can obtain from the world or from others.
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- Source
- Victorian London (text of Sala’s *Twice Round the Clock*)
- Format
- Official Statement
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“It is all right to talk about this “will to win,” but I tell you it is not of much worth unless you have the will to prepare.”
““The vegetable world affords such an immense variety of productions of so great and varied uses for the various purposes and wants of human society.””
“Kalau dia narkoba kalau saya nardapur, ke dapur cari makanan.”
“I'm a person who has life and wants to live, and always have.”
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“ถ้าเราเก่งอยู่คนเดียว หมายถึงว่าเพื่อนบ้านเป็นขอทานหมด เราจะอยู่ได้อย่างไร มันต้องไปด้วยกัน เป็นสัตว์เมือง ต้องพึ่งพาอาศัยซึ่งกันและกัน”
A Table Kept Warm
At 1:07 each morning, Nessa found the same empty table waiting beneath the station clock. Then she began leaving questions on it.
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