“Croquet is bastardized roque.”
The Shining
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“It certainly isn't croquet, and it certainly isn't lawn bowls.”
Godfrey Wenness (1967)
"ABC Radio interview 02/25/2007" http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/02/25/1856328.htm <br class="br">Godfrey compares paragliding to other sports, in light of 3 accidents during the 10th Paragliding World Championships.
Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist
Source: Lover Reborn
“He's right. I'm a worthless bastard fathered by a bastard even more worthless than I am." [Fury]”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Dead After Dark
“There's a lot of bastards out there!”
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet
Remark (c. 1957), as quoted in the introduction to the poem "Death News" by Allen Ginsberg: Visit to W.C.W. circa 1957, poets Kerouac Corso Orlovsky on sofa in living room inquired wise words, stricken Williams pointed thru window curtained on Main Street: "There's a lot of bastards out there!"
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Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st President of the United States of America
When asked how he dealt with people who blamed him for the Great Depression, quoted in The Court Years 1939-75 (1980) by William O. Douglas
