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Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Est?e Lauder: Never just run...

Never just run out for a few minutes without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-liking. Your face is...

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John Maynard Keynes: It is ideas,...

John Maynard Keynes: It is ideas,...

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

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Adam Smith: All money is...

Adam Smith: All money is...

All money is a matter of belief.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Thomas Malthus: The histories of...

Thomas Malthus: The histories of...

The histories of mankind . . . are histories only of the higher classes.

Source: In...

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Alan Bennett: I've never seen...

Alan Bennett: I've never seen...

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has...

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Alan Bennett: I was an...

Alan Bennett: I was an...

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of...

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John Vanbrugh: Good manners and...

John Vanbrugh: Good manners and...

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

Source: In...

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Jules Renard: Literature is an...

Jules Renard: Literature is an...

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Source: In ...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded-up moment walking in its...

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George Bernard Shaw: If all the...

George Bernard Shaw: If all the...

If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

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George Bernard Shaw: A man learns...

George Bernard Shaw: A man learns...

A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a...

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God creates, I...

God creates, I...

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it from what I see, from what the dancers can...

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Neither a lofty...

Neither a lofty...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love,...

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I have formed...

I have formed...

I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind [death], that...

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Let your mind...

Let your mind...

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

Source: On writing; in Christian Science...

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My sole inspiration...

My sole inspiration...

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.

Source: Press interview, 8...

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Good authors, too,...

Good authors, too,...

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything...

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Musical comedies aren't...

Musical comedies aren't...

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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