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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


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Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

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Louis Aragon: We know that...

Louis Aragon: We know that...

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

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Art Linkletter: The four stages...

Art Linkletter: The four stages...

The four stages of a man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

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Clifton Fadiman: I think we...

Clifton Fadiman: I think we...

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or...

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Patti Smith: Never let go...

Patti Smith: Never let go...

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Source: In The Book of Positive...

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Patti Smith: People have the...

Patti Smith: People have the...

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Source: From a collection of...

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Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another...

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Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you...

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Kenny Rogers: I never had...

Kenny Rogers: I never had...

I never had a doubt in my mind. I always knew that, with the right material, I could pop a...

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Frank Sinatra: Hell hath no...

Frank Sinatra: Hell hath no...

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

Source: On Judith Exner's...

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Oliver Stone: [F]ilm is distinctive...

Oliver Stone: [F]ilm is distinctive...

[F]ilm is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing. Montage can create a...

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Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Mahalia Jackson: Time is important...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where...

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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: To me, truth...

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: To me, truth...

To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And, at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and...

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John Coltrane: I never even...

John Coltrane: I never even...

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that...

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Brigitte Bardot: I have been...

Brigitte Bardot: I have been...

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...

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Deborah Kerr: Do you think...

Deborah Kerr: Do you think...

Do you think it will ever take the place of night baseball?

Source: In An Affair to...

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Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

Shelley Long: He [Mr. Wrong]...

He [Mr. Wrong] still shows up in my dreams, and I still don't know what to do with him. I was quite enamored with him...

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Maggie Smith: What was wrong...

Maggie Smith: What was wrong...

What was wrong with those people tonight? Never have I heard such a cacophony of coughs before! Is there an epidemic?...

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Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Vera-Ellen: Well, you're not...

Well, you're not exactly Superman, but you're awfully available.

Source: On...

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