We live a life that is often spent in crowds - parties, festivals and first nights - so it's nice to avoid them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes avoid crowd festival
If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts. Julian Fellowes enjoylastlucky Change image and share on social
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. Julian Fellowes characterchildfond Change image and share on social
I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance. Julian Fellowes acceptadmireboundary share on social
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours. Theodor Mommsen acceptavoidcompensation share on social
When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus. Jenny Lewis bandconnectionday share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social