Morris L. Ernst famous quotes
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A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
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The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.
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More errors arise from inhibited indecision than from impulsive behavior.
-- Morris L. Ernst
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There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
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Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master's humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
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It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible.
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I'm a really good hacker, but I'm not a sensible person.
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Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.
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I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.
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Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
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I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.
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Reticences are as revealing as avowals.
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