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“It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.”

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And the rest is rust and stardust.

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There is no science without fancy and no art without fact.

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“My solemn exasperation was to her the silence of love.”

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“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.”

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities…

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“Ami azt illeti, Vannak kezdtek nagyon tetszeni a fák is, a csodák is meg az Adák is.”

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We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.

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“As palavras sem a experiência não teriam qualquer significado.”

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“It isn’t possible. I cannot imagine it. Come on over here, you foolish little doe, and tell me on what day I shall die.”

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“Precautions to be taken in the case Of freak reincarnation: what to do On suddenly discovering that you Are now a young and vulnerable…

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And this is the only immortality you and i may share, my Lolita.

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“Be true to your Dick.”

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Its extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.

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I think, however, that Astaire's coordination is better than Kelly's... his sense of rhythm is uncanny. Kelly, on the other hand, is the stronger…

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To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to something worse,…

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Rien ne se peut comparer a' Paris. Nothing can compare to Paris.

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Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and…

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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish…

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Nothing will kill what you've been called to do more than comparing yourself to someone else.

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Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct…

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Don't compare your career to anyone else's. It's tough when you're in a business that's competitive. I was having a difficult time with that…

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The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did…

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Nobody can really compare a relationship in which the victim is 15 years old to one where she's 6. While both criminal, they're very different circumstances.

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