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“... forgetting things is what gives old age a bad name, that and old age.”
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“Concocting a good guest list is like seasoning a gourmet sauce. Too many similar ingredients and it's bland. Too much variety in the seasoning and the result may be overpowering.”
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“Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others — only to lose it over themselves.”
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“Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent.”
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“Education has become a prisoner of contemporaneity.”
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“The past is never where you think you left it ...”
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“The ugliest line that can be drawn is a long, unbroken, mathematically correct, straight line. Apparently, because it is so ugly, the modern builder tries to use as many of these as he can get in.”
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“What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?”