"I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along."

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Source : Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). “The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes”, p.279

Mary Wortley Montagu

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“There's all this evidence that we leave now of our life, especially if you're a comedian or an entertainer. I mean, I guess that was always kind of true, but now there's a lot more. We leave a deeper trail. Like a snail trail of our memories, you know? But it's not really about arousal. It's about artistic droppings.”

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“I like comedy as a group sport.”
“Curran scrutinized Martâ€™s face. â€œI canâ€™t figure out if he wants to kill you or screw you.â€ â€œIâ€™ll be glad to make the choice for him.â€ Curran looked back at me. â€œWhy is it you always attract creeps?â€ â€œYou tell me.â€ Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.”
“And one of the interesting things about bound feet is that they never age.”
“Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!”
“About all you can do in life is be who you are.”
“In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right.”
“To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says.”

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