"This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's."

-- S. J. Perelman

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“Jeanne Moreau, Lauren Bacall, they had this unconventional beauty, this amazing charisma.”
“If I am ever to find these trees meaningful I must have you by the hand. As it is, they stretch dusty fingers into an obscure sky, and the snow looks up like a face dirtied with tears. Should I cry out and see what happens? There could only be a stranger wandering in this landscape, cold, unfortunate, himself frozen fast in wintry eyes.”
“And truly it demands something godlike in him who cast off the common motives of humanity and ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster.”
“The Christmas spirit is not what you drink.”
“One cannot always bestow all manner of things upon everybody. To refuse a request for just cause is as praiseworthy as to grant a request that is worthy. It is for this reason that the "no" of some people pleases more than the "yes" of others. A refusal accompanied by sweet words and a civil manner gives more satisfaction to a true heart than a favor given with bad grace.”
“I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months.”
“The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.”
“I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.”

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