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W H Beveridge: The trouble in...

W H Beveridge: The trouble in...

The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead...

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Jules Renard: Writing is the...

Jules Renard: Writing is the...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

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Jules Renard: A cold in...

Jules Renard: A cold in...

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Samuel Foote: What can he...

Samuel Foote: What can he...

What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in...

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Victor Hugo: There is one...

Victor Hugo: There is one...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has...

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Victor Hugo: Forty is the...

Victor Hugo: Forty is the...

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty, the youth of old age.

Source: In The...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: Three o'clock is...

Jean-Paul Sartre: Three o'clock is...

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

Source:...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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Dodie Smith: For though he...

Dodie Smith: For though he...

For though he had very little Latin beyond Cave canem, he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty...

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John Ford: Nice philosophy<br>May tolerate...

John Ford: Nice philosophy
May tolerate...

Nice philosophy
May tolerate unlikely arguments,
But heaven admits no jest.


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Eugene Ionesco: A work of...

Eugene Ionesco: A work of...

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.

Source: Notes and...

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Euripides: That glittering hope...

Euripides: That glittering hope...

That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.

Source:...

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Edward Albee: The thing that...

Edward Albee: The thing that...

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

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Music is the...

Music is the...

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

Source: In The...

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Off with you!...

Off with you!...

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better...

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The world would...

The world would...

The world would not be in such a snarl,
had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.


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I can't understand...

I can't understand...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

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After I die,...

After I die,...

After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you - not a one of you -...

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Am I afraid...

Am I afraid...

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid? What sane man is not?

Source: In...

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Dance is about...

Dance is about...

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Source: Dancing Spirit, 1993.
-- Judith...

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