Frederick Lewis Allen famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.
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Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.
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It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.
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We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically everybody.
-- Frederick Lewis Allen
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But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I'll be there.
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If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.
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It was like she'd become the sun, and I started revolving around her. She was my center.
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Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.
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Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
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I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.
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I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.
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Romance is finding your fantasy in people who don't have it.
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I can't remember all the times I've tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass
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I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.
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