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- On romance. “I do think a woman’s place is eventually in the home, but I see no harm in her having some fun before she gets there.” “In my day, a lady was incapable of feeling physical attraction until she had been instructed to do so by her mama.”
- On technology and change. “First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I were living in an H.G. Wells novel.” “What is a weekend?” [On the new telephone] “Is this an instrument of communication or torture?”
- On life. “Life is a game, where the player must appear ridiculous.” “No life appears rewarding if you think about it too much.” “Hope is a tease, designed to prevent us accepting reality.”
- On growing old. “Just because you’re an old widow, I see no necessity to eat off a tray.” “At my age, one must ration one’s excitement.” “All life is a series of problems which we must try and solve, first one and then the next and then the next, until at last we die.”
Sep 21, 2019 · Maggie Smith returns in the 'Downton Abbey' movie as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess. We rounded up her best lines from the TV series and movie below.
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Sep 24, 2020 · To celebrate Downton Abbey ’s 10th anniversary, here are Smith’s best quotes from the show…. On love. “I am not a romantic. But even I will concede that the heart does not exist solely...
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Feb 20, 2024 · To mark the release of the latest chapter in the Crawley family’s story, here are some of the most iconic Dowager Countess quotes in Downton Abbey history.
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Sep 19, 2019 · Maggie Smith's BEST quotes as The Dowager Countess | SEASON 3 | Downton Abbey. Dowager Countess, played by the incredible Maggie Smith, has never met a nut she couldn't crack.
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Aug 16, 2019 · Maggie Smith’s Top 20 Downton Abbey Quotes: ‘What Is a Weekend?’. Lindsay Lowe. Aug 16, 2019. Downton Abbey is PBS’s highest-rated drama, and some of the wittiest quotes from the series...
Jan 24, 2011 · • “What is a weekend?” • “Last night! He looked so well. Of course it would happen to a foreigner. No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else’s house.” • Cora: “I might send her over to...
