A Commonplace Book

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A stone sober Church of Scotland is a feature of farming villages across Aberdeenshire.[/caption]

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‘I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.’
— Elizabeth I

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‘What we need is a unique sport that we can beat the world at. Does any other country play Quidditch?’
— Tony Kileen

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‘MacIntyre: What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever found?
Ben Knox: Impossible to say. You see, there’s something amazing every two or three weeks.’
—Bill Forsythe

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‘The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams.’
—Thomas Love Peacock