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Taylor, Tom
1817–80
1817–80
1
Hawkshaw, the detective.
usually quoted as "I am Hawkshaw, the detective"
Hawkshaw, the detective.
usually quoted as "I am Hawkshaw, the detective"
The Ticket-of-leave Man
(1863) act 4, sc. 1
Tebbit, Norman
1931–
1931–
1
I grew up in the Thirties with our unemployed father. He did not riot, he got on his bike and looked for work.
The cricket test—which side do they cheer for?…Are you still looking back to where you came from or where you are?
on the loyalties of Britain's immigrant population
I grew up in the Thirties with our unemployed father. He did not riot, he got on his bike and looked for work.
speech at Conservative Party Conference, 15 October 1981, in
Daily Telegraph
16 October 1981
The cricket test—which side do they cheer for?…Are you still looking back to where you came from or where you are?
on the loyalties of Britain's immigrant population
interview in
Los Angeles Times
, reported in
Daily Telegraph
20 April 1990
Tecumseh
1768–1813
1768–1813
1
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
Dee Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
(1970) ch. 1
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
1881–1955
1881–1955
1
The history of the living world can be summarised as the elaboration of ever more perfect eyes within a cosmos in which there is always something more to be seen.
The history of the living world can be summarised as the elaboration of ever more perfect eyes within a cosmos in which there is always something more to be seen.
The Phenomenon of Man
(1959)
Temple, William
1881–1944
1881–1944
1
It is a mistake to suppose that God is only, or even chiefly, concerned with religion.
Personally, I have always looked on cricket as organized loafing.
It is a mistake to suppose that God is only, or even chiefly, concerned with religion.
R. V. C. Bodley
In Search of Serenity
(1955) ch. 12
Personally, I have always looked on cricket as organized loafing.
attributed
Tenniel, John
1820–1914
1820–1914
1
Dropping the pilot.
on Bismarck's departure from office
Dropping the pilot.
on Bismarck's departure from office
cartoon caption, and title of poem, in
Punch
29 March 1890
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