“Please. A woman of my age can face reality far better than most men.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
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“There’s nothing simpler than avoiding people you don’t like. Avoiding one’s friends – that’s the real test.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
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“I always think there’s something rather foreign about high spirits at breakfast.” Jim Carter as Mr. Carson on Downton Abbey
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“Always start as you mean to go on.” Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes in Downton Abbey
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“Don’t think I approve, because I don’t. But at least I understand.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (movie)
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Truth.
“Our ancestors lived different lives from us, and our descendants will live differently again.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (movie)
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“Isn’t that what the Monarchy’s for? To brighten the lives of the Nation with stateliness and glamour?” Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey (movie)
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“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (movie)
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“When something bad happens, there’s no point in wishing it had not happened. The only option is to minimise the damage.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
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“All this endless thinking. It’s very overrated… I blame the war. Before 1914 nobody thought about anything at all.” Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey