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Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.


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I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.



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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.



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There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.



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If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.



The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.



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Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.



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If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good



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Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?



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Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.



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I think it's too bad when teenagers become conformist in terms of fashion,because it's the ideal time to go off into your own crazy thing without looking completely idiotic.



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A role can go from being a babe to anything, as long as it's something that makes me curious.



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If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.



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A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience.



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If my wife hears one more report that I'm joining Hillary's campaign I'm going to have to go in the Pundit Protection Program.



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If I am able to determine the enemy's dispositions while at the same time I conceal my own, then I can concentrate and he must divide.



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Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident.



It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be. Venice has a lot of that too, but the face of it is quite beautiful, interesting, and textured.

It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be. Venice has a lot of that too, but the face of it is quite beautiful, interesting, and textured.




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