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Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born...

Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh., That's acting for you or maybe...

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The lowest form...

The lowest form...

The lowest form of popular culture -- lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the...

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I know of...

I know of...

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an...

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As American productivity,...

As American productivity,...

As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive...

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Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

Deborah Tannen: The biggest mistake...

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation -- or a...

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Enthusiasm is the...

Enthusiasm is the...

Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and...

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Almost every man...

Almost every man...

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualifications which he does not...

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The insupportable labour...

The insupportable labour...

The insupportable labour of doing nothing.

Source: The Tatler, no. 54 (London, Aug....

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Many openly show...

Many openly show...

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are...

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M C Escher: He who wonders...

M C Escher: He who wonders...

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

Source:
-- M C Escher,...

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Isaac Newton: If I have...

Isaac Newton: If I have...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than any other...

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To give pain...

To give pain...

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Source: In...

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Everybody talks about...

Everybody talks about...

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

Source: often...

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Ansel Adams: The negative is...

Ansel Adams: The negative is...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in...

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Civilisation --a heap...

Civilisation --a heap...

Civilisation --a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.

Source:...

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The sexes in...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The sexes in...

The sexes in each species of being . . . are always true equivalents -- equals but not...

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The fact is,...

The fact is,...

The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still...

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A full-dressed ecclesiastic...

A full-dressed ecclesiastic...

A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a...

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: [W]henever I found...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: [W]henever I found...

[W]henever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all...

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People always overdo...

People always overdo...

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

Source: In Webster's...

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