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““Candor is never indiscreet. Truth, which is to say, the reflection of life, is beautiful.””

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Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles,…

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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

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I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies.

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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't…

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This is no science, this is art, where equations fall away to elements like resolving chords, and where always prevails a symmetry either explicit…

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“I will be glad to go. There is no poetry here. It is as I have always set forth: joy comes of its own…

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Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.

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Good music always defeats bad luck

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“I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing!”

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“Twango's hospitality, though largely symbolic, does him credit.”

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Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.

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“The dead man's companions at the counter started to their feet, but halted as Voynod with great aplomb turned to face them. "Take care,…

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Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…

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Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.

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Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God.

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I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them.

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Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life.

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“There's more to life than you can see. Your sight is limited.”

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“I've spent much of my life calling my intuition "something wrong with me.”

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When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take…

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The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson.

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“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care…

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