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due for return on or before the last  \ndate shown below  \n02 DEC.1996  \nQ  \noor/aoN4ooLLrhAenr U Teddington School LibraryChambers15887  \nGeneral editor:John GrisewoodEditor:Nicola BarberIllustrations:Peter Stevenson(Kathy Jakeman Illustration)Design:Robert Wheeler Associates  \n# CHAMBERS\n\nAn imprint of Larousse plc  \nElsley House,24-30 Great Titchfield Street,London W1P 7AD  \nThis edition published by Chambers 199510987654321  \nThis edition copyright CLarousse plc 1995Copyright CGrisewood&Dempsey Ltd 1991,1993  \nThe material in this edition was previously publishedby Kingfisher Books in the Wordmaster series(1993)and in the Kingfisher Book of Words(1991)  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication maybe reproduced,stored in a retrieval system ortransmitted by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying or otherwise,without the priorpermission of the publisher.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library  \nISBN0550325069  \nPrinted in Spain  \nEveryone uses quotations in their everyday speech,sometimes without realizing thatthey are,in fact,quoting the words of someone else.Probably the most-quoted of allpeople is William Shakespeare.There exist several large volumes which are entirelydevoted to quotations from his works.This book concentrates on modernquotations,mostly first used in the present century.A key-word system is used tofind a particular quotation-for example,if you want to look up who wrote ‘O to bein England,now that April's there',you look up England and find that the quotationwas originated by Robert Browning.If you want to know more about the personquoted you can turn to the alphabetical list at the end of the book.The quotations inboxes are,in fact,misquotations  \n## abnormal\n\nIf it weren't for the fact that all of usare slightly abnormal,there wouldn't beany point in giving each person aseparate name.  \nUGO BETTI.  \n## abstract\n\nAbstract art?A product of the  \nuntalented,sold by the unprincipled tothe utterly bewildered.  \nAL CAPP.  \n## acting\n\nActing is not a profession for adults.  \nLAURENCE OLIVIER.  \nThe general consensus seems to be thatI don't act at all.  \nGARY COOPER.  \nThe hardest kind of acting works onlyif you look as if you are not acting atall.  \nHENRY FONDA.  \nactors  \nSeventy-five per cent of being successfulas an actor is pure luck.The rest is justendurance.  \nGENE HACKMAN.  \nRICnMf i HAM上LMQDERNQUOTATIONS  \nCEDDINGTON SCHooiBROOM ROADTEDDINGTONTW1197  \nActors and burglars work better atnight.  \nSIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE.  \nadapting  \nHuman creatures have a marvellouspower of adapting themselves tonecessity.  \nGEORGE GISSING.  \nadults  \nAdults are obsolete children.  \nDR SEUSS.  \n# adventure\n\nAdventure is the result of poorplanning.  \nCOL.BLASHFORD-SNELL.  \nadvice  \nNo-one wants advice-onlycorroboration.  \nJOHN STEINBECK.  \nalive  \nIt's a funny old world;a man's lucky ifhe gets out alive.  \nW.C.FIELDS.  \nalone I want to 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