"Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 921-24, De Raptu Proserpiae, III. 227, 1922.

Claudius Claudianus

“I'm only a stupid filmmaker.”
“If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.
“You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people â€“ especially children.”
“Love's an illusion. It's a dream you wake up from with an enormous hangover and net credit debt. I'd rather have cash.”
“I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a patriot. A dangerous man.”
“My dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Instead he had one of those black American Express cards not available to general public. Gumball machines didnâ€™t have slots for those.”

Source : S. A. Bodeen (2008). “The Compound”, p.60, Feiwel & Friends
“From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.”
“When polo is used as a platform to give back, then it becomes much more beautiful, I think.”

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