"People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote……" — Dominick Dunne
"People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars."
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11 Quotes by Dominick Dunne
Dominick Dunne has 11 quotes on this site.
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Parties are the nightly ritual of the sophisticated society.
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The best advice on writing was given to me by my first editor, Michael Korda, of Simon and Schuster, while…
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I loved going along with Alice Steinbach as she goes off on this rare, wonderful adventure, an escape into discovering…
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I am openly pro-prosecution and make no bones about it. I don't think there are enough people out there sticking…
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For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.
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I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything…
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I always love going back to Los Angeles, because it was my home for 24 years, and I have many…
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My father was this famous heart surgeon, a wonderful man... but there was something about me that drove him crazy.
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You write about what you have access to, and I have been fortunate enough to have a front-row seat on…
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I think I need pictures with my articles.
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More Beggar Quotes
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one of 235 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him…
— David Jeremiah
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Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again…
— Swami Vivekananda
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
— Karl Kraus
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Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have…
— John G. Lake
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Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And…
— William Shakespeare
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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge,…
— Mason Cooley
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The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our…
— Mary McCarthy
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He…
— Thomas Adams
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Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which…
— Andre Gide
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Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the…
— Anzia Yezierska
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Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you…
— Swami Vivekananda
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