"At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the gab. I had the school record at Haberdashers for consecutive detentions for simply speaking out of turn."

-- Simon Schama

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“You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”

Source : The Walter Hagen Story ch. 32 (1956)
“I don't take criticism lying down.”
“I never quite dare to believe I'm brave enough to be an artist, but I'm on the side of artists. I think of myself as a bit of a Salieri, looking with longing eyes at Mozart.”
“Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.”
“All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.”
“They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy [Waters] didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say 'Let's just play the blues. That's all you need to do.”
“You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.”

Source : Young Visiters (1919) ch. 2
“We must get beyond passions, like a great work of art. In such miraculous harmony. We should learn to love each other so much to live outside of time... detached.”

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