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Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Lynn Fontanne: Warm the pot...

Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in,...

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Vera-Ellen: What does it...

Vera-Ellen: What does it...

What does it matter? They're both famous.

Source: As Judy Haynes, discussing which...

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Edith Evans: . . ....

Edith Evans: . . ....

. . . actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what...

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Katharine Hepburn: Drive on. We'll...

Katharine Hepburn: Drive on. We'll...

Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later!

Source: To her chauffeur, on fans at a...

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Katharine Hepburn: Plain women know...

Katharine Hepburn: Plain women know...

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

Source: In An Uncommon...

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Lily Tomlin: Why is it...

Lily Tomlin: Why is it...

Why is it when we talk to God, we're said to be praying -- but when God talks to us, we're...

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Naomi Judd: A dead end...

Naomi Judd: A dead end...

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Source: In The Book of Country...

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Friedrich von Schiller: The universe is...

Friedrich von Schiller: The universe is...

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Friedrich von Schiller: What reason, like...

Friedrich von Schiller: What reason, like...

What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

The majority of those who put together collections of verses or epigrams resemble those who eat cherries or oysters:...

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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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Ugo Betti: There is no...

Ugo Betti: There is no...

There is no forgiveness in nature.

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

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Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

Joseph Brodsky: For the poet...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the...

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Joseph Brodsky: Poetry is rather...

Joseph Brodsky: Poetry is rather...

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

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Emily Dickinson: A Wounded deer...

Emily Dickinson: A Wounded deer...

A Wounded deer - leaps highest.

Source: 1860; Poems, First Series, 1890.
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Stanislaw Lec: Everything is an...

Stanislaw Lec: Everything is an...

Everything is an illusion, including this notion.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and...

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Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

Louise Erdrich: His thoughts swam...

His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own...

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Philip Massinger: Patience, the beggar's...

Philip Massinger: Patience, the beggar's...

Patience, the beggar's virtue,
Shall find no harbour here.


Source: Sir Giles...

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August Wilson: All you need...

August Wilson: All you need...

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the...

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Martha Washington: The greater part...

Martha Washington: The greater part...

The greater part of our happiness or our misery depends on our dispositions and not on our...

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