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Famous quotes containing the words shorter, oxford and/or english:

    “Pigeons on the grass alas.
    Pigeons on the grass alas.
    Short longer grass short longer longer shorter yellow
    grass Pigeons large pigeons on the shorter longer yellow grass
    alas pigeons on the grass.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all ... like an opera.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.”
    —Thomas Beecham (1879–1961)