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George S Kaufman: I thought the...

George S Kaufman: I thought the...

I thought the play was frightful but I saw it under particularly unfortunate circumstances. The curtain was...

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Mary Renault: You can make...

Mary Renault: You can make...

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

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E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole...

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Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Hannah Arendt: Economic growth may...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into...

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Wall-to-wall masterpieces, after...

Wall-to-wall masterpieces, after...

Wall-to-wall masterpieces, after all, ought to be preferred to wall-to-wall decorative arts, even if the decorative...

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I am entirely...

I am entirely...

I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools...

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No money is...

No money is...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Source:...

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Jeremy Bernstein: Television is just...

Jeremy Bernstein: Television is just...

Television is just the wrong medium, at least in prime time, to teach science. I think it is hopeless if it insists on...

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Mary Quant: A woman is...

Mary Quant: A woman is...

A woman is as young as her knees.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams,...

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We are all...

We are all...

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable...

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No man but...

No man but...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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Television can stir...

Television can stir...

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed...

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Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I...

Like Moses, I wasn't born. l was found.

Source: Belle Out of Order, Pt. 1, Ch. I,...

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Aristotle taught that...

Aristotle taught that...

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This...

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He vanished to...

He vanished to...

He vanished to the public in order to materialize for his family.

Source: On...

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The closer the...

The closer the...

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

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I own and...

I own and...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

Source: In NY Times, 3 Jan 82
-- Bill Moyers,...

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Derek Bok: If you think...

Derek Bok: If you think...

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Louis Nizer: A man who...

Louis Nizer: A man who...

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man...

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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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