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Antonio Gramsci: [A]fter puberty the...

Antonio Gramsci: [A]fter puberty the...

[A]fter puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious. . . . Now it so...

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Antonio Gramsci: I'm a pessimist...

Antonio Gramsci: I'm a pessimist...

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

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Akhenaton: True wisdom is...

Akhenaton: True wisdom is...

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate,...

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Rufus Choate: A book is...

Rufus Choate: A book is...

A book is the only immortality.

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

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Dean Acheson: I will undoubtedly...

Dean Acheson: I will undoubtedly...

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe...

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Vaclav Havel: Hope is a...

Vaclav Havel: Hope is a...

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the...

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Vaclav Havel: A human action...

Vaclav Havel: A human action...

A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the...

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Vaclav Havel: The role of...

Vaclav Havel: The role of...

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to...

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Vaclav Havel: There's always something...

Vaclav Havel: There's always something...

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

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Robert Mitchum: People think I...

Robert Mitchum: People think I...

People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.

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Nina Simone: It's time to...

Nina Simone: It's time to...

It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can...

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Hedda Hopper: I can wear...

Hedda Hopper: I can wear...

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.

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Walt Disney: [Being a celebrity]...

Walt Disney: [Being a celebrity]...

[Being a celebrity] doesn't even seem to keep the fleas off our dogs -- and if being a celebrity won't give me an...

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Walt Disney: Somehow I can't...

Walt Disney: Somehow I can't...

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making...

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Joanne Woodward: It Was wisely...

Joanne Woodward: It Was wisely...

It Was wisely known in New York, but never acknowledged, that Americans want to get away from amusement even more I...

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Mae West: Don't marry a...

Mae West: Don't marry a...

Don't marry a man to reform him that's what reform schools are for.

Source: In An...

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Katharine Hepburn: I think most...

Katharine Hepburn: I think most...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're...

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Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

Lauren Bacall: In Hollywood, an...

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of...

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Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

Sarah Bernhardt: To be a...

To be a good actor . . . it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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