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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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Miguel de Cervantes: The proof of...

Miguel de Cervantes: The proof of...

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. By a small sample we may judge of the whole...

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Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly...

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Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to...

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Sean O'Casey: The hallway of...

Sean O'Casey: The hallway of...

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be...

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Terence Rattigan: She has ideas...

Terence Rattigan: She has ideas...

She has ideas above her station . . . How would you say that in French? . . . you can't say au-dessus de sa gare. It...

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Oscar Wilde: When the gods...

Oscar Wilde: When the gods...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Source: Sir Robert...

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Oscar Wilde: But what is...

Oscar Wilde: But what is...

But what is the difference between literature and journalism? ... Journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

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Peter Ustinov: Once we are...

Peter Ustinov: Once we are...

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it...

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W C Fields: If at first...

W C Fields: If at first...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about...

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Jackie Gleason: I have a...

Jackie Gleason: I have a...

I have a 'Play the melody' philosophy. It means don't over-arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody --...

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W C Fields: Always carry a...

W C Fields: Always carry a...

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small...

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W C Fields: I never vote...

W C Fields: I never vote...

I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.

Source: In Halliwell's Filmgoer's...

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Richard Pryor: Its so much...

Richard Pryor: Its so much...

Its so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real...

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Hesketh Pearson: Misquotation is, in...

Hesketh Pearson: Misquotation is, in...

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the...

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Hesketh Pearson: A man's character...

Hesketh Pearson: A man's character...

A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out...

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Charlie Chaplin: All I need...

Charlie Chaplin: All I need...

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

Source: My...

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Charlie Chaplin: In the end,...

Charlie Chaplin: In the end,...

In the end, everything is a gag.

Source: From Charades, an internet collection of...

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Charlie Chaplin: Movies are a...

Charlie Chaplin: Movies are a...

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Source: In...

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Robert Morley: Names were not...

Robert Morley: Names were not...

Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch.

Source: On...

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