"A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills, no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while."
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"What I think is, you're supposed to leave somebody alone if he's at least being interesting and he's getting all excited about something. I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It's nice."
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"I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing."
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"Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything."
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"If you want to create a memorable company, you have to fill your company with memorable people."
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"What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary."
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"I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content."
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"I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards."
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"Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura."
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"When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner"
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"See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect."
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"Durable, memorable poetry is usually alert to complexity. A really good poem gives you a reason to read it 20 times, because the language in a good poem is doing a lot of work emotionally and a lot of work intellectually. That means durable poetry can help us think about complexity, can help us resist easy answers and help us step back. And it can help us sometimes calm down, and sometimes it can help us stay upset."
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"Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award." The other is "You want fries with that?"."
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"The Brits are ghastly. I never would accept a Brit. It would be like Laurence Olivier being happy getting a TV Times award."
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"I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle."
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"Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres."
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"Life would be so colourful if only I had a drink problem."
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"I'm not very good at being dull."
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"All photographs aspire to the condition of being memorable - that is, unforgettable."
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"For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story. But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live."
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