A Quote by Leslie Bricusse

'Retirement' is a dirty word. Luckily, I can carry on working until I drop, provided I retain my mental abilities.

Leslie Bricusse

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Leslie Bricusse
English - Composer
Born: January 29, 1931

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F. Murray Abraham

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Nadine Shah

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P. J. O'Rourke

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Reese Witherspoon

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Betty White

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Cristina Saralegui

The Tibetans are dirty. They wash once a year and, except for festivals, seldom change their clothes till they begin to drop off. They are healthy and hardy; even the women can carry weights of sixty pounds over the passes. They attain extreme old age; their voices are harsh and loud, and their laughter is noisy and hearty.

Isabella Bird

Love, whether it's friendship or more, is like a cup. It fills up drop by drop, until one last drop and the cup is full. The liquid hangs there almost above the rim, hangs there on surface tension alone and you know that one more drop and it will spill over.

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John Banville

Perhaps we should never procure a new suit, however ragged or dirty the old, until we have so conducted or enterprised or sailed in some way, that we feel like new men in the old, and that to retain it would be like keeping new wine in old bottles.

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