"The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

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“The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go.”
“And eyes disclosed what eyes alone could tell.”
“(In response to Alfred Tennyson's poem Vision of Sin , which included the line Every moment dies a man, // every moment one is born. ) If this were true, the population of the world would be at a stand-still. In truth, the rate of birth is slightly in excess of death. I would suggest that the next edition of your poem should read: "Every moment dies a man, every moment 1 1 / 16 is born." Strictly speaking, the actual figure is so long I cannot get it into a line, but I believe the figure 1 1 / 16 will be sufficiently accurate for poetry.”
“Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.”

Source : Susan Cheever (2001). “As Good As I Could Be: A Memoir About Raising Wonderful Children in an Imperfect World”, p.176, Simon and Schuster
“Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?”
“I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.”
“I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look.”
“There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.”

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