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Cyrano de Bergerac
"A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it." --
Source : "The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon". Book by Cyrano de Bergerac, 1657.
Cyrano de Bergerac
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“One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it.”
Source : "The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons". Book by A. R. Ammons, 1990.
“I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch.”
“Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.”
“No one has patience for love except their own.”
Source : Marjorie Celona (2013). “Y: A Novel”, p.184, Simon and Schuster
“I'd go on the train to castings, changing from my school uniform on the train. I carried on like that for a few years, getting jobs in bits and pieces.”
“[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only time will tell. For example...] The Talmud relates a story about two people who wanted to travel by boat. One broke his foot and was unable to make the trip, while his friend got on the boat. The one who missed the boat cursed his misfortune. A few days later, however, he heard that the boat sank and all the passengers drowned.”
“I'm interested in politics, what's going on in the world, how people behave and how your life is often in the hands of other people.”
“LOVE is like Playing Checkers. You have to know which Man to MOVE.”
Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.