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John Ford: Busy opinion is...

John Ford: Busy opinion is...

Busy opinion is an idle fool.

Source: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, act 1, sc. 1,...

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Aristophanes: You cannot teach...

Aristophanes: You cannot teach...

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

Source: From a collection of quotations...

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Eugene Ionesco: Childhood is the...

Eugene Ionesco: Childhood is the...

Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly...

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Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

Source:...

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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Philip Massinger: Death hath<br>had a...

Philip Massinger: Death hath
had a...

Death hath
had a thousand doors to let out life,
I shall find one. . . From a loath'd life,
I'll not an hour...

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August Wilson: The harder you...

August Wilson: The harder you...

The harder you try to hold onto them, the easier it is for some gal to pull them away.

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Alan Bennett: Your whole life...

Alan Bennett: Your whole life...

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

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Oscar Wilde: Formerly we used...

Oscar Wilde: Formerly we used...

Formerly we used to canonise our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of great books may...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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Louise A Bogan: Innocence of heart...

Louise A Bogan: Innocence of heart...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Jests that give...

Miguel de Cervantes: Jests that give...

Jests that give pains are no jests.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Dustin Hoffman: The two basic...

Dustin Hoffman: The two basic...

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

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Jack Lemmon: If you really...

Jack Lemmon: If you really...

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must]...

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Jack Lemmon: It can be...

Jack Lemmon: It can be...

It can be a simple sentence that makes one single point, and you build for that. You zero in on one moment that gets...

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Ben Stein: The indispensable first...

Ben Stein: The indispensable first...

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you...

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Emily Dickinson: A word is...

Emily Dickinson: A word is...

A word is dead when it is said, some say.
I say it just begins to live that day.


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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: The daughter had...

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: The daughter had...

The daughter had come to meet me
When her parents tried to prevent it.
I spoke soft words to her.
She did not...

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Harriet Monroe: The people must...

Harriet Monroe: The people must...

The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have else they will never have...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Tell me what...

Miguel de Cervantes: Tell me what...

Tell me what company thou keepest, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Source: Don...

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