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Arthur Hugh Clough: Thou shalt not...

Arthur Hugh Clough: Thou shalt not...

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.


Source:...

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Francis Thompson: Spring is come...

Francis Thompson: Spring is come...

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet.
And all the things are made young with young...

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Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

This fellow did not see further than his own nose.

Source: Fables, III, 'Le Renard...

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Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Learning to live with what you're born with
is the process,
the involvement,
the making of a...

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Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Some folk are wise, and some are otherwise.

Source: Roderick Random, Ch. 6.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Look in my...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Look in my...

Look in my face; my name is
Might-have-been.
I am also called No-more,...

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Henri Matisse: What I dream...

Henri Matisse: What I dream...

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject...

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Burt Reynolds: You can only...

Burt Reynolds: You can only...

You can only hold your stomach in for so many years.

Source: On retiring briefly...

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Sammy Davis, Jr: You name it...

Sammy Davis, Jr: You name it...

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone...

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Alfred Hitchcock: For me, the...

Alfred Hitchcock: For me, the...

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

Source: Quoted in:...

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Steven Spielberg: Only a generation...

Steven Spielberg: Only a generation...

Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.

Source: In The...

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Robert Mitchum: I kept the...

Robert Mitchum: I kept the...

I kept the same suit for six years and the same dialogue. They just changed the title of the picture and the leading...

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Oliver Stone: I do believe...

Oliver Stone: I do believe...

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations. Everyone is a critic, everyone can do it better....

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Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

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Robert Orben: If you can...

Robert Orben: If you can...

If you can laugh together, you can work together.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Robert Orben: If those scientists...

Robert Orben: If those scientists...

If those scientists are so smart, why do they all count backward?

Source:
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Ella Fitzgerald: I stole everything...

Ella Fitzgerald: I stole everything...

I stole everything that I heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Source: In...

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Betty Carter: After me there...

Betty Carter: After me there...

After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my...

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Josephine Baker: . . ....

Josephine Baker: . . ....

. . . I improvised, crazed by the music. . . . Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed...

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Nina Simone: Music is a...

Nina Simone: Music is a...

Music is a gift and a burden I've had since I can remember who I was.

Source:...

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