"I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you."

-- Richard Harris

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“It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive”
“People cannot win against their loneliness because loneliness is this worldâ€™s worst kind of pain.”
“Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty.”
“Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.”
“If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.”
“Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.”
“My court skills may have atrophied.”
“I do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot.”

Source : Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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