"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."

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Source : Marianne Moore, Patricia C. Willis (1986). “The complete prose of Marianne Moore”, Viking Pr

Marianne Moore

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“I never cooked at home - my father was the chef.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?”
“How do you think it would feel to be obliged to ask for a seat-belt extender on an airplane? For the unfashionably bulgy, life is a series of small humiliations.”

Source : Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1997). “An Accidental Autobiography”, Mariner Books
“You can't just read the Koran to understand Muslim life. You have to look at history, at personalities, at economics, and so on.”

Source : "Islam and Islamism in the Modern World". Interview with Tom Bethell, spectator.org. February 8, 2013.
“I trust you with my life. I'm pretty sure I love you. But more importantly, I like you.”
“Charles was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn't possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was not on any list of things he enjoyedâ€”or things he was good at. At least no one had died. Yet.”
“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”
“If you can call a Chevrolet a Chev, why can't you call a Japanese a Jap?”

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