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Tobias Smollett: Who bravely dares...

Tobias Smollett: Who bravely dares...

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


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Rupert Brooke: But somewhere, beyond...

Rupert Brooke: But somewhere, beyond...

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
Is wetter water, slimier slime!
And there (they trust) there swimmeth...

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Montgomery Clift: If a man...

Montgomery Clift: If a man...

If a man don't go his own way, he's nothin.

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Michael J Fox: [My son] will...

Michael J Fox: [My son] will...

[My son] will have a fairly stable future. Not one where the schoolyard talk is whose father grossed $8 million on his...

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Harrison Ford: It works for...

Harrison Ford: It works for...

It works for him [Steven Spielberg] because there's a child-like glee in it that's part of the whole process. It's not...

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Alexander Pope: Such laboured nothings,...

Alexander Pope: Such laboured nothings,...

Such laboured nothings, in so strange a style,
Amaze th' unlearn'd, and make the learned...

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If we were...

If we were...

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician...

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People don't very...

People don't very...

People don't very much like things that are beautiful -- they are so far from their nasty little...

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I adore art...

I adore art...

I adore art . . . when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and...

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Only the pure...

Only the pure...

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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I'm not interested...

I'm not interested...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the...

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You explain how...

You explain how...

You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

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I prefer neurotic...

I prefer neurotic...

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

Source: In...

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Underneath this flabby...

Underneath this flabby...

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Source: In 1,911...

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My present post...

My present post...

My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in...

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We are involved...

We are involved...

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily...

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One face to...

One face to...

One face to the world, another at home makes for misery.

Source: In The New...

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All my life...

All my life...

All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture.

Source: In The...

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In opera, as...

In opera, as...

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but...

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