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Most people like reading about what they already know - there is even a public for yesterday's weather.


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I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.

I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.



To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.



The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.



An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.



Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.

Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.



A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.

A typical Irish dinner would be: cream flavored with lobster, cream with bits of veal in it, green peas and cream, cream cheese, cream flavored with strawberries.



If one can't be happy, one must be amused.

If one can't be happy, one must be amused.



The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.



Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?



People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?





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People say, 'The government couldn't carry out the September 11th attack, it's too big, they'd get caught!' They DID get caught! They're just counting on you to be dumb and to go along with it.

People say, 'The government couldn't carry out the September 11th attack, it's too big, they'd get caught!' They DID get caught! They're just counting on you to be dumb and to go along with it.



For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.



My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore.

My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore.



Nobody knows the political system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.

Nobody knows the political system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.



What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.

What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.



The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.

The best of all teachers is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.



I am not an objective reporter. I prefer to go further, to the unstated things of our existence. What I can't understand and grasp seems to lead me.

I am not an objective reporter. I prefer to go further, to the unstated things of our existence. What I can't understand and grasp seems to lead me.



Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood, Even where horrible green parrots call and swing. My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.

Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood, Even where horrible green parrots call and swing. My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.




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