"Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health."

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Cesare Pavese

#Men Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Furious Quotes

“It doesn't take any talent to play hard.”
“I've been very lucky, man. Like you say, though, the writing is what kicked all that in and made it possible. It's something that I have always been very thankful of, that that kicked in, and that I could be free with the music.”
“I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance.”

Source : "1950's TV Star Imogene Coca Dies at 92" by Donna Tommelleo, abcnews.go.com.
“It is thus quite simply false that whereof one cannot speak (in the sense of 'there is nothing to say about it that specifies it and grants it separating properties'), thereof one must be silent. It must on the contrary be named.”
“[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be more interested in phenomena like meteors than in the slow growth of a mighty tree. Wait ten years, and the politicians will one day wake up and say, 'Look who's here!”
“Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.”
“The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all.”

Source : "Liber de ludo aleae". Book by Gerolamo Cardano, 1560.
“...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and critically assess the degree to which we are really living biblically.”

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