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 So I had a dream I was dancing "Shall We Dance?" with that fabulous gown. Amazing!

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1.“I know several couples who are perfectly happy who haven’t spoken in years."
2. " In my experience, second thoughts are vastly overrated."
3.A peer in favor of reform: "like a turkey in favor of Christmas.”
4.“I know nothing of Spratt’s friends. He has a great many relations who seem to get married and buried with numbing regularity. Usually on very inconvenient days.”

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I was surprised at how sad I was over David Bowie's death. Alan Rickman's passing just devastated me even more. He bewitched our minds, ensnared our senses, bottled fame, brewed glory. If only h could put a stopper in death.

"It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising."---Alan Rickman

5. If you were talking in Urdu I couldn’t understand you less.

4. Sometimes it’s good to rule by fear.

3. I believe many people live without butlers, so I’m told.

2. And may the best man win.

1. Does it ever get cold on the moral high ground?

1. "I'm a woman. I can be as contrary as I choose."
2."My dear all life is a series of problems which we must try and solve, first one and then the next and then the next, until at last we die."
3. "My dear, love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike."
4. Violet: "I'm afraid Tom's small talk is very small indeed."
Robert: "Not everyone can be Oscar Wilde."
Violet: "What a relief."
5.  Martha: "Oh well, the gang's all here, I see."
Violet: "Is that American for 'Hello'?"
6.  Cora: "I hope I don't hear sounds of disagreement."
Violet: "Is that what they call discussion in New York?"
7. “I don’t dislike him, I just don’t like him. Which is quite different.”
8. Martha: "I have no wish to be a Great Lady."
Violet: "No, a decision that must be reinforced whenever you look in the glass."
9.  "There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends, that's the real test."
10.  “I wonder your halo doesn’t grow heavy. It must be like wearing a tiara around the clock.”
11.  "You are a woman with a brain and reasonable ability. Stop whining and find something to do."
12. "Vulgarity is no substitute for wit."
13. "I am not a romantic. But even I will concede that the heart does not exist solely for the purpose of pumping blood."
14.  Carson: "Hard work and diligence weigh more than beauty in the real world."
Violet: "If only that were true."
15.  “Don’t be defeatist dear. It is very middle class.”
 16. "Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality."
17. "Principles are like prayers; noble of course, but awkward at a dinner party."