"It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him."

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Source : 1959 Of opening night reviews.The Ape In Me.

Cornelia Otis Skinner

#Morning Quotes #Party Quotes #Devil Quotes

“The diagnosis is clear, but changing the status quo has proven difficult, because often those who are elected do not govern, and those who do govern are not elected.”
“As white snowflakes fall quietly and thickly on a winter day, answers to prayer will settle down upon you at every step you take, even to your dying day. The story of your life will be the story of prayer and answers to prayer.”
“Major investment decisions have become too important to be left to the private sector.”
“If it really was Queen Elizabeth who demanded to see Falstaff in a comedy, then she showed herself a very perceptive critic. But even in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff has not and could not have found his true home because Shakespeare was only a poet. For that he was to wait nearly two hundred years till Verdi wrote his last opera. Falstaff is not the only case of a character whose true home is the world of music; others are Tristan, Isolde and Don Giovanni.”
“I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2002). “The House of the Scorpion”, p.134, Simon and Schuster
“One cannot step twice in the same river”
“Become very conscious of every choice you make today so you can begin to make smarter choices moving forward.”
“Just Cavalli for Her is a flowery and sexy fragrance. I like its freshness and feminine scent.”

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