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you mean to tell me america are just starting to colour their money
man you guys are way behind
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Literary Birthday - 20 May
Honoré de Balzac, born 20 May 1799, died 18 August 1850
12 Quotes:
1. A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
2. Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
3. The more one judges, the less one loves.
4. If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.
5. It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.
6. You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
7. A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love.
8. I am a galley slave to pen and ink.
9. All happiness depends on courage and work.
10. Reading brings us unknown friends.
11. Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.
12. There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.
Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels called La Comédie humaine, which shows French life after the 1815 fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Balzac is known as one of the founders of realism in European literature. His multifaceted characters are complex, morally ambiguous, and fully human.
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graham norton during Eurovision 2013: the best of
graham: if two girls kissing offends you, then grow up
on ireland performance: good news for the irish economy, i hear they’ve discovered oil there. too bad it’s baby oil and they appear to have used it all on his backing dancers.
graham on montenegro: the picture quality of the moon landing was better than this link to Montenegro
montenegro: we have to be brief, don’t we?
graham: yes
graham: i don’t think bonnie can win now, i don’t know, i’m not carol vorderman.
petra: we're half through voting now
graham: oh that's depressing
estonia: shows up
graham: is he standing outside a prison?
albania: petra you look gorgeous tonight!
graham: better than you
albanian guy: (singing) should i live, should i die without your love--
graham: you should leave
eric: i'll help you to the bathroom
graham: don't do that eric, that's how rumours start
germany: we're having so much fun!!!1!
graham: speak for yourself
dude: breathes
graham: oh look, it's sideshow bob, nice of him to show up
petra: azerbaijan won 2 years ago, it can still happen now!
graham: god, please, no
denmark: winning
graham: busy right now, just won the eurovision, i'll call back later. #donereallywell!!1!1!
voting after denmark has won: proceeds, ppl giving points to russia or idk
graham: can someone please tell her she can't win now
graham: oh flowers now, marvellous
graham: my taxi is waiting outside so if she could sing as quick as possible, that would be nice
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homophobic participating countries who didn’t show the gay kiss on eurovision must pay a fine because eurovision must be shown from beginning to end without cutting anything out and they are banned from eurovision for the next three years
i am crying right now i love you europe
graham norton: romania there proving that just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should
