"Fame is nothing but an empty name."

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Source : Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1804). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.24

Charles Churchill

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“What's cool about renting is that you don't care about your house getting destroyed. So I think that is the number-one thing. Just going "Sure, you can jump off the roof. I think that's safe! Let's just paint on the walls! I bet the beer bottle will break before it shatters the window!" Not caring about the environment is a plus. And a ton of booze. And underage kids. That just ups the excitement value of the party, like, "Oh my God, we could all go to prison."”

Source : "Adam Devine on How to Throw a House Party". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. October 24, 2013.
“In Haverford on the Platte the townspeople still talk of Lucy Gayheart.”
“What I endeavor to do is shine a light on what happens at the court, both as a law clerk and then as a litigator litigating and winning major cases in front of the Supreme Court over and over and over again.”
“Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.”
“Be crumbled. So wild flowers will come up where you are. You have been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender.”
“I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, "We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth," but it doesn't feel English.”
“Healthy thinking is a habit, just like neurotic thinking is a habit.”
“The man with a host of friends who slaps on the back everybody he meets is regarded as the friend of nobody.”

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