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Good authors, too,...

Good authors, too,...

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything...

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There's nothing remarkable...

There's nothing remarkable...

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument...

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Ceremony is-really a...

Ceremony is-really a...

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social...

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I wasn't concerned...

I wasn't concerned...

I wasn't concerned about the hardships, because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and...

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The last time...

The last time...

The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay,
I heard the laughter of her heart in every street...

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A happy woman...

A happy woman...

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her...

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The notes I...

The notes I...

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art...

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Playing a concerto...

Playing a concerto...

Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk...

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Stanislaw Lec: Whenever man begins...

Stanislaw Lec: Whenever man begins...

Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: These flowers, which...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: These flowers, which...

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly,
Waking in the dawn of the morning,
In the evening will be a...

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Thomas Shadwell: And wit's the...

Thomas Shadwell: And wit's the...

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Source: A True Widow, II. i
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Shadwell: Every man loves...

Thomas Shadwell: Every man loves...

Every man loves what he is good at.

Source: A True Widow, V:1
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Shadwell: No man is...

Thomas Shadwell: No man is...

No man is happy but by comparison.

Source: In The Forbes Book of Business...

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William Shakespeare: O, had I...

William Shakespeare: O, had I...

O, had I but followed the arts!

Source: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, in Twelfth Night, act...

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Alan Bennett: Those who have...

Alan Bennett: Those who have...

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they...

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Alan Bennett: I was an...

Alan Bennett: I was an...

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of...

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John Ciardi: A university is...

John Ciardi: A university is...

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

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Maurice Maeterlinck: All our knowledge...

Maurice Maeterlinck: All our knowledge...

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know...

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Brendan Behan: I wish I'd...

Brendan Behan: I wish I'd...

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

Source: The Hostage, II.
-- Brendan Behan, (Feb...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is nothing...

There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.

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