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Neil Simon: Everyone thinks they...

Neil Simon: Everyone thinks they...

Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all...

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Neil Simon: Sports is the...

Neil Simon: Sports is the...

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the...

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Robert Bly: I have wandered...

Robert Bly: I have wandered...

I have wandered in a face, for hours . . .

Source: In The Concise Columbia...

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John Clare: I long for...

John Clare: I long for...

I long for scenes where man has never trod;
. . . There to abide with my Creator, God.


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Dante: There is no...

Dante: There is no...

There is no greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery is at hand.

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Dante: The customs and...

Dante: The customs and...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others...

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Countee Cullen: Your love to...

Countee Cullen: Your love to...

Your love to me was like an unread book . . .

Source: Bright Bindings, The Black...

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Countee Cullen: The play is...

Countee Cullen: The play is...

The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Children use the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Children use the...

Children use the fist
Until they are of the age to use the brain.


Source: In...

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Rod Steiger: The first thing...

Rod Steiger: The first thing...

The first thing that your should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is forget it....

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Harrison Ford: I don't feel...

Harrison Ford: I don't feel...

I don't feel good about taking the platform, merely on account of my celebrity. I believe that the people I support...

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Michael Caine: The best research...

Michael Caine: The best research...

The best research [for playing a drunk] is being a British actor for 20 years.

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Michael Douglas: Greed, for lack...

Michael Douglas: Greed, for lack...

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures...

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Paul Newman: Fat man, you...

Paul Newman: Fat man, you...

Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool.

Source: To Jackie Gleason in The...

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Ben Stein: The human spirit...

Ben Stein: The human spirit...

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

Source:...

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Samuel Beckett: We are all...

Samuel Beckett: We are all...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Source: 'Waiting for Godot'
-- Samuel...

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Thomas Otway: Clocks will go...

Thomas Otway: Clocks will go...

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.

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Thomas Otway: Honest men<br>are the...

Thomas Otway: Honest men
are the...

Honest men
are the soft easy cushions on which knaves
Repose and fatten.


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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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John Vanbrugh: Virtue is its...

John Vanbrugh: Virtue is its...

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays...

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