“ I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer. ”
- Real Live Preacher- Copy
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“ I don't think I should have made it to Hollywood. I wasn't ready for the next level yet, but I wouldn't have known that until I did it. ”
- William Hung- Copy
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“ Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. ”
- Thomas Love Peacock- Copy
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“ If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions. ”
- Abba Eban- Copy
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“ I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. ”
- Hilaire Belloc- Copy
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“ If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ”
- Thomas J. Watson- Copy
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“ I don't think there is anyone in any sport who combined the supreme talent with a great personality. He is also is one of the most beautiful people who ever walked the face of the earth. I don't think there's anybody who compares to Stan Musial on both fronts. ”
- Jack Buck- Copy
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“ I'm reaping the rewards now and enjoying every minute of it - even when I'm on the floor waiting to be carted off for more stitches. I wouldn't swap it for anything, and, whether this proves to be my last season at this level or not, I'm determined to make the most of it. ”
- Richard Gough- Copy
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“ A lot of artists say they'd be happy in a classless society. But artists are often the first to deceive themselves. Put them in the kind of utopia they sentimentalize, and in no time, they would be binding their feet, lengthening their necks or flattening their heads, just to be different. ”
- Brad Holland- Copy
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“ Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation. Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business. ”
- John Jay Chapman- Copy
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