Max Beerbohm Quotes
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that!
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If you are an outsider looking at India, learn to filter out both the irrational exuberance and the excessive pessimism. We're subject to both. You will become manic-depressive if you follow our moods.
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Never in endless time will ring a sound as sweetly As when a human heart in God is tuned completely.
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The town horse, used to gaudy trappings, no doubt despises the work of his country brother; but yet, now and again, there comes upon him a sudden desire to plough.
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Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent deserves our support.
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No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
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Even in Los Angeles, where we lived, when we would date somebody or go out with them, if we went out with somebody else the next night, we often found that women were banging on our windows while we were bedded down with other women!
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Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but it is certainly a fact.
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For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter.
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The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
