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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. James M. Barrie
Own Never Opponent Motives Than Ascribe Meaner Your
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else. James M. Barrie
Work You Else Unless Would Something Something Else Rather Real Doing Real Work
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. James M. Barrie
Life Me Opportunity Bacon Seems Shakespeare He Missed Know Wrote His Sir Did Whether Works
Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds. James M. Barrie
Ambition Minds Noble Last
You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sober. When you get the hang of it. James Pinckney Miller
You How How Much Surprised Get Hang Sober Much Fun
A man does not automatically become a public figure because he happens to build an empire out of chicken fat. James Pinckney Miller
Man Build Become Out He Empire Because Does Chicken Automatically Happens Public Public Figure Figure Fat
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. Jean Anouilh
Life Death Saying You Sleeves Say Easy Plunge Both Up Yes Hands Roll Elbows Sweat Means Your Even
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life. Jean Anouilh
Life Setting Way Tidy Leaving Very Order Them Things
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. Jean Anouilh
Work You Genius Mind Will Power Earnest Completed Minute Magic Only Seize Very Begin Heated Then Engage Boldness Grows
I like reality. It tastes like bread. Jean Anouilh
Reality Like Tastes Bread
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself. Jean Anouilh
Love Good Must Never Himself Anyone Good Actor Actor
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you. Jean Anouilh
You Half Past Seventy Forty Nearly Belongs
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. Jean Anouilh
Courage Takes Truly Greatness Certain Base
The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it. Jean Anouilh
Immorality Only
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. Jean Anouilh
Strength World Must Entire Entire World Weep Beyond Human Cannot Choose Human Strength
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some. Jean Anouilh
Life Art Nice Aim Some Give Very Lacks Form
Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence. Jean Anouilh
Courage Intelligence Men Miracles Real God-Given Create Use
A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it. Jean Anouilh
Genius Easily About Obvious Make Himself Knows Without How Understood Being
What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating. Jean Anouilh
Long Would Would-Be Excess Most Exhilarating Anything Poor Fun
I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure. Jean Kerr
Success Great Failure You Great Deal Think Rules No Rules Learn Deal
One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind. Jean Kerr
You Mind Lost Difficult Assumption Bladder Hospital Part Most Also Contend Because Staff Gall Your Things Difficult Things
You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help. Jean Kerr
Hope You Money Better Unhappy Rich Would Seem He Because Than Person Poor Rich Person Realize Help Who Thinks Position
It's easier to write about what you know. I wouldn't write about a Wall Street broker, for example. Jean Kerr
You Example Easier Broker About Write For Example Know Wall Wall Street Street
Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. Jean Kerr
Moving On You Looking Live Carefully Mack Through Truck Divorced Like Left Very Hit Being Right Start
When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales', they don't necessary think of chairs. Jean Kerr
Today Word Think Hear Grandmothers Chairs Necessary
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. Jean Kerr
Me People Wonderful Other Way Airplane About Seems Feel Go Wonderful Things Diet Diets Things
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