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Spike Milligan: I'm a hero...

Spike Milligan: I'm a hero...

I'm a hero with coward's legs. I'm a hero from the waist up.

Source: Puckoon, ch. 2...

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Jim Carrey: I don't think...

Jim Carrey: I don't think...

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning...

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Mel Gibson: If I've still...

Mel Gibson: If I've still...

If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong...

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Will Rogers: The only difference...

Will Rogers: The only difference...

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress...

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Stanley Kubrick: A film is...

Stanley Kubrick: A film is...

A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and...

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Mary Kay Ash: When you come...

Mary Kay Ash: When you come...

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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H Ross Perot: Life is like...

H Ross Perot: Life is like...

Life is like a cob web, not an organization chart.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Talent works, genius...

Talent works, genius...

Talent works, genius creates.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Music is the...

Music is the...

Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.

Source:...

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People don't very...

People don't very...

People don't very much like things that are beautiful -- they are so far from their nasty little...

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Composing is like...

Composing is like...

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house the color of the...

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Cold calculation, random...

Cold calculation, random...

Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that...

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The violinist must...

The violinist must...

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers...

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Music should strike...

Music should strike...

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

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The longer you...

The longer you...

The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are...

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I don't go...

I don't go...

I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.

Source: On infrequency with...

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The description and...

The description and...

The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a thing, and you know it too, as a...

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Underneath this flabby...

Underneath this flabby...

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Source: In 1,911...

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Beware of losing...

Beware of losing...

Beware of losing what isn't in your head.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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In the South...

In the South...

In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers' gangs, he would be asked if he...

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