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"Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a cup into which life can be poured and lifted to the lips and be tasted."
"A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair"
"Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river."
"Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed for myself,' said Denethor. 'Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse lay in the dregs?"
"According to my daughters, my most irritating habit is asking for cups of tea."
"If I see a spider in my house, I put it in a cup, and then I take it outside. I save it. What is wrong with me?"
"Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician."
"To begin a reform, go not into the places of the great and rich; go rather to those whose cups of happiness are empty--to the poor and humble."
"See, Quentin, that’s why you should wear a cup before trying to assassinate someone."
"Fill high the cup with Samian wine!"
"The cup was emptied and would never be filled again."
