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“Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.”
Source : Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller”, p.166
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“And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire about it. You had to save what you could. Amelie had understood that all along, Claire realized. That was why Morganville existed. Because you had to try.”
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“Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film.”
Source : Frank Capra (1971). “The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography”
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“What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that.”
Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
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“I liked having some time to myself. Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered. Of course, we didn't always agree with one another. Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes.”
Source : Gloria Whelan (2009). “Summer of the War”, p.13, Harper Collins
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“From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly say that the cross bears those who bear the cross.”
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“It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.”
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“You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair.”
