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Channing Pollock: Two things are...

Channing Pollock: Two things are...

Two things are as big as the man who possesses them -- neither bigger nor smaller. One is a moment, the other a...

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Ernest Hemingway: I like to...

Ernest Hemingway: I like to...

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never...

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Italo Calvino: Novels as dull...

Italo Calvino: Novels as dull...

Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.

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P D James: It was not...

P D James: It was not...

It was not . . . that she was unaware of the frayed and ragged edges of life. She would merely iron them out with a...

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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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Jean Genet: The fame of...

Jean Genet: The fame of...

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to...

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J P Donleavy: When I die...

J P Donleavy: When I die...

When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in...

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Robert Morley: The British tourist...

Robert Morley: The British tourist...

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.

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Robert Morley: Beware of the...

Robert Morley: Beware of the...

Beware of the conversationalist who adds 'in other words'. He is merely starting afresh.

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: Character isn't inherited....

Helen Gahagan Douglas: Character isn't inherited....

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by...

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Agnes George DeMille: The creative urge...

Agnes George DeMille: The creative urge...

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second-rate.

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P T Barnum: Those who really...

P T Barnum: Those who really...

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as...

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Jeff Foxworthy: [Watching a baby...

Jeff Foxworthy: [Watching a baby...

[Watching a baby being born] is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie....

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Leonardo DiCaprio: The best thing...

Leonardo DiCaprio: The best thing...

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a...

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Robert Bresson: My movie is...

Robert Bresson: My movie is...

My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which...

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Ingmar Bergman: I write scripts...

Ingmar Bergman: I write scripts...

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

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Ingmar Bergman: I hope I...

Ingmar Bergman: I hope I...

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

Source: In International Herald Tribune,...

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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: A man doesn't...

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: A man doesn't...

A man doesn't automatically get my respect. He has to get down in the dirt and beg for it.

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