"There is something distinctive about living in New York; over eight million other people are doing it."

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“After I returned to New Jersey, I thought I was safe, because I did not think Kenny G could leave the bad place, which I realize is silly now - because Kenny G is extremely talented and resourceful and a powerful force to be reckoned with.”
“In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.”
“Just as the normative standard for the good and for the true is God, so the ultimate standard of beauty is God.”
“I can't imagine a decent maze that would be caught dead without a minotaur. It's not done! You don't go out of your house without any clothes on, and a minotaur doesn't go into the world without a labyrinth to keep him warm.”
“I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.”
“It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.”
“It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum”
“The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.”

Source : Myrtle Reed, Mary Badollet Powell (1911). “The Myrtle Reed Year Book: Epigrams and Opinions from the Writings and Sayings of Myrtle Reed”

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