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Mumford, Lewis
1895–1990
1895–1990
1
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.
in
Quote Magazine
8 October 1961
Munch, Edvard
1863–1944
1863–1944
1
You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it.
You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it.
written
c.
1891
Murasaki
Shikibu
c.
978–1031
Shikibu
c.
978–1031
1
Anything whatsoever may become the subject of a novel, provided only that it happens in this mundane life and not in some fairyland beyond our human ken.
Anything whatsoever may become the subject of a novel, provided only that it happens in this mundane life and not in some fairyland beyond our human ken.
The Tale of Genji
Murdoch, Iris
1919–99
1919–99
1
Dora Greenfield left her husband because she was afraid of him. She decided six months later to return to him for the same reason.
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.
Dora Greenfield left her husband because she was afraid of him. She decided six months later to return to him for the same reason.
The Bell
(1958) ch. 1
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
A Severed Head
(1961) ch. 3
Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.
"The Sublime and the Good" in
Chicago Review
13 (1959)
Murdoch, Rupert
1931–
1931–
1
asked why he had allowed Page 3 to develop:
I don't know. The editor did it when I was away.
asked why he had allowed Page 3 to develop:
I don't know. The editor did it when I was away.
in
Guardian
25 February 1994
Murphy, C. W.
and
Letters, Will
and
Letters, Will
1
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man?
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man?
"Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" (1909 song)
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