"An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence."

-- Raymond Chandler

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“[When criticized for appearing bare-shouldered Madonna-like at a banquet:] A comparison between Madonna and me is a comparison between a strapless evening gown and a gownless evening strap.”
“New York is all about people and the things people make.”

Source : "It's ALMOST, MAINE for John Cariani!!!". Interview with TJ Fitzgerald, www.broadwayworld.com. January 4, 2006.
“A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.”
“Every transaction in commerce is an independent transaction.”
“I don't think you ever know anyone until you see them in action.”
“The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.”
“I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.”
“As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.”

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