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Owen Wister

"Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'"

Source : Owen Wister (2016). “OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Western Classics, Adventure & Romance Stories (Including Non-Fiction Historical Works): The Virginian, The Promised Land, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Lady Baltimore, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Dragon of Wantley, Padre Ignacio, Philosophy 4, The Jimmyjohn Boss…”, p.625, e-artnow

Owen Wister

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“My most difficult opponent is myself. When I am playing I often involuntarily make a world champion out of a candidate master.”
“I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before.”
“Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.”
“One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.”

Source : "Martin Niemöller, 1892-1984" by James Bentley, (p. 225), 1984.
“Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know.”
“Make the whole life a game. There is no purpose there is no aim, nothing. Just take it lightly, easily. Play the game. that is worship, which is celebration.”
“For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I print.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.”

"Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'"

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