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" We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next. "

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" At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes. "

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" America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. "

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" If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words. "

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" It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools. "

" Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna. "

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" The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. "

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