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Will Rogers: Liberty doesn't work...

Will Rogers: Liberty doesn't work...

Liberty doesn't work as good in practice as it does in speeches.

Source: In...

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Woody Allen: I will not...

Woody Allen: I will not...

I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead -- not sick, not wounded -- dead.

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Woody Allen: It's not that...

Woody Allen: It's not that...

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

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Fred Allen: Some movie stars...

Fred Allen: Some movie stars...

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for...

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Samuel Goldwyn: I'd hire the...

Samuel Goldwyn: I'd hire the...

I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story.

Source: In...

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Samuel Goldwyn: Don't pay any...

Samuel Goldwyn: Don't pay any...

Don't pay any attention to the critics -- don't even ignore them.

Source: In...

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J B Priestley: As we read...

J B Priestley: As we read...

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven...

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J B Priestley: A novelist who...

J B Priestley: A novelist who...

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say...

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J B Priestley: Comedy, we may...

J B Priestley: Comedy, we may...

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

Source: George...

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J B Priestley: Public opinion polls...

J B Priestley: Public opinion polls...

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're...

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J B Priestley: Our trouble is...

J B Priestley: Our trouble is...

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow...

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J B Priestley: There are plenty...

J B Priestley: There are plenty...

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

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George Herbert: Without danger you...

George Herbert: Without danger you...

Without danger you cannot get beyond danger.

Source:
-- George Herbert, (Apr 3...

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George Farquhar: Twas for the...

George Farquhar: Twas for the...

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country - I'm a Roman for...

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George Farquhar: Tis a strange...

George Farquhar: Tis a strange...

'Tis a strange thing, Sam, that among us people can't agree the whole week, because they go different ways upon...

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George Farquhar: Poetry is a...

George Farquhar: Poetry is a...

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Source: Pamphlet, in Love and a Bottle, act 3, sc....

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Euripides: Talk sense to...

Euripides: Talk sense to...

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Source: From Ashleys collection of...

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George Bernard Shaw: The real Brahms...

George Bernard Shaw: The real Brahms...

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. ... rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up...

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George Bernard Shaw: When a man...

George Bernard Shaw: When a man...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it...

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James Matthew Barrie: Every man who...

James Matthew Barrie: Every man who...

Every man who is high up likes to think he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's...

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