"Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be."

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Source : Philip Guedalla (1921). “Supers & supermen: studies in politics, history and letters”

Philip Guedalla

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“Id love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.”
“Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.”
“In Hollywood, it's hard to be funny, because all the big jokes are in Washington.”
“When I see a news story on a site, about a movie that I'm interested in, it's like the mouse going for the pleasure button and I click it. But then, when I see the movie, it's like, "Oh, I would have enjoyed the movie that much more, if I hadn't known that."”
“The generation that has the greatest access to knowledge in the history of mankind is the one that cares the least about it.”
“I did find out about the koalas and how eucalyptus makes them high and why they sleep all day. They're little druggies.”
“We went through a hard time, and we had to turn to music as a means to putting food on the table. And we've been doing it ever since. No regrets either.”
“Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.”

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