J.F.K.–The Man and… Unknown
J.F.K.–The Man and the Airport
Unknown, Suggested book title
Quotations by unknown authors
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She did not talk to… Marita Bonner
She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.
Marita Bonner
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I never did give… Harry S Truman
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
Harry S Truman, in Look, Apr. 3, 1956
33rd president of US (1884 - 1972)
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Where large sums of… Agatha Christie
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
Agatha Christie
English mystery author (1890 - 1976)
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Smoking is one of… Fletcher Knebel
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
Fletcher Knebel
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Turn on, tune in… Timothy Leary
Turn on, tune in and drop out.
Timothy Leary
US psychologist & promoter of mind-altering drugs (1920 - 1996)
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When you have loved… W. Somerset Maugham
When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.
W. Somerset Maugham
English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)
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Variety is the soul… Aphra Behn
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Aphra Behn
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Is it better to be… Woody Allen
Is it better to be the lover or the loved one? Neither, if your cholesterol is over six hundred. By love, of course, I refer to romantic love — the love between man and woman, rather than between mother and child, or a boy and his dog, or two headwaiters.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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Interestingly,… Woody Allen
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought– particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
Woody Allen
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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War is a series of… Georges Clemenceau
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
Georges Clemenceau
French politician (1841 - 1929)
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Human beings are… Martin Mull
Human beings are seventy percent water, and with some the rest is collagen.
Martin Mull
US comedian and actor (1943 - )
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Age does not… Jeanne Moreau
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Jeanne Moreau
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Consult your friend… Seneca
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
Seneca
Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)
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Whosoever shall not… Woody Allen
Whosoever shall not fall by the sword or by famine, shall fall by pestilence so why bother shaving?
Woody Allen, Without Feathers
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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Probably the only… Germaine Greer
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Germaine Greer
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The wages of sin… Unknown
The wages of sin are unreported.
Unknown
Quotations by unknown authors
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All men dream: but… T. E. Lawrence
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.
T. E. Lawrence
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To love deeply in… Anne-Sophie Swetchine
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Anne-Sophie Swetchine
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The only way to get… Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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Doing abominations… Woody Allen
Doing abominations is against the law, particularly if the abominations are done while wearing a lobster bib.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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A man is so in the… Elizabeth Gaskell
A man is so in the way in the house.
Elizabeth Gaskell
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My problem lies in… Errol Flynn
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
Errol Flynn
US (Australian-Tasmanian-born) movie actor (1909 - 1959)
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The difference… Tommy Lasorda
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tears may be dried… Marguerite de Valois
Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.
Marguerite de Valois
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Arranging a bowl of… Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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A DAY IN THE LIFE… Woody Allen
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOE Unbearably lovely music is heard as the curtain rises, and we see the woods on a summer afternoon. A fawn dances on and nibbles slowly at some leaves. He drifts lazily through the soft foliage. Soon he starts coughing and drops dead.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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One cannot be… Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775 - 1817)
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Life is just one… Elbert Hubbard
Life is just one damned thing after another.
Elbert Hubbard
US author (1856 - 1915)
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Life is too short… Dan Bellack
Life is too short for traffic.
Dan Bellack
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One word frees us… Sophocles
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
Sophocles
Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC)
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There is no safety… James Thurber
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
James Thurber, New Yorker, Feb. 4, 1939, “The Fairly Intelligent Fly”
US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)
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On the plus side,… Woody Allen
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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Women want mediocre… Margaret Mead
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible.
Margaret Mead
US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology (1901 - 1978)
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There must be more… Maurice Sendak
There must be more to life than having everything.
Maurice Sendak
US juvenile illustrator (1928 - )
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Hatred paralyzes… Martin Luther King
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Martin Luther King
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Love is an act of… Peter Ustinov
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov
English actor & author (1921 - 2004)
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Men acquire a… Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way…you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
Aristotle
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)
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Thought: why does… Woody Allen
Thought: why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers
US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )
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The ultimate… Maggie Kuhn
The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
Maggie Kuhn
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I have enough money… Jackie Mason
I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
Jackie Mason
US comedian (1934 - )
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Injustice anywhere… Martin Luther King
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King
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The heart has its… Blaise Pascal
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662)
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Well, if I called… James Thurber
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
James Thurber, New Yorker cartoon caption, June 5, 1937
US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)
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To be conservative… Sir Winston Churchill
To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
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It should be a very… Irene Thomas
It should be a very happy marriage — they are both so much in love with him.
Irene Thomas
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People who work… Ogden Nash
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Ogden Nash
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
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In the long run, we… John Maynard Keynes
In the long run, we are all dead.
John Maynard Keynes
English economist (1883 - 1946)
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Give all to love;… Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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Her own mother… James Thurber
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
James Thurber, My Life and Hard Times (1933)
US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 - 1961)
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