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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. Noel Coward
Me People Long Walks Taken Like Annoy Who
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. W. Somerset Maugham
Love Happy Year Changed Changing Those Anniversary Continue Nor Person Same To Love Persons Last Chance
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. Moliere
Wisdom Best Patience Wise Man Wise Man Behavior Superior Put Him Insults Reply Moderation Any Which
We are all born mad. Some remain so. Samuel Beckett
Funny Mad Some Born Remain
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham
Writing Three Rules No-One Knows Unfortunately Novel
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham
Life Funny Best You Funny Thing About Accept Very Get Often Refuse Anything Thing
Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. Arthur Miller
Truth Betrayal Only Sticks
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. August Wilson
Work Forgiveness Yourself Dark Cause Will Willingness Angels Wrestle Sing Parts Demons Banish Confront Them Your Illumination
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. W. Somerset Maugham
Love Lasts Never Longest Returned
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. James M. Barrie
Love Humble Vain More Make Does Praise Us
If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. Neil Simon
Risks Took Would No-One Sistine Painted Ever Floor Chance
Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow. James M. Barrie
Love Unhappy No-One Loves Who Even Rainbow
I dropped out of school, but I didn't drop out of life. I would leave the house each morning and go to the main branch of the Carnegie Library in Oakland where they had all the books in the world... I felt suddenly liberated from the constraints of a pre-arranged curriculum that labored through one book in eight months. August Wilson
Life Morning Library Book World School Drop Books Carnegie Liberated Months One Book Oakland Out Would Constraints Through Main Had Drop-Out Dropped House Felt Leave Go Branch Curriculum Eight Where Each Suddenly Each Morning
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward
Honesty People Few Think How How Many People Discouraging Shocked Deceit Many
In everything I've done, I've always tried to make room for indigenous people, to include them. Robert Lepage
People Everything Tried Indigenous Indigenous People Make Always Done Room Them Include
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward
Honesty People Few How How Many People Discouraging Shocked Deceit Many
A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent. Jerome Lawrence
Man Air Castle Neurotic Builds Rent Psychiatrist Psychotic Who Lives
I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far. Neil Simon
Life Love Best Problems My Life Living Some Come Up Far Thing
The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money. Plautus
Day Nature Money Water Moon Sun Purchase Things Night
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. John Webster
Alone Nature Together Fly Crows Commonly Flock Eagles
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. Neil Simon
Life Art You Down Everyone Drawing Write Just Happened Your Moments Play Thinks
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Graham Greene
Love Democracy Peace Brotherly Had Renaissance Terror Cuckoo Years Italy Clock Bloodshed Michelangelo Did Warfare Produce Produced Leonardo Leonardo Da Vinci Switzerland
Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism. Sam Shepard
Democracy You Care Totalitarianism Else Responsible Scare Something Something Else Tactics Take Allow Take Care Soon Longer Very May Stop Being Turn Being Responsible Inch Away Thing Fragile Fragile Thing
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. Moliere
Responsible Only Also Held
Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence. Katori Hall
Thoughts Mind Others Put Self-Confidence Takes Your Away
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. Samuel Beckett
Find Mess Task Artist Form Now
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