"Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere."
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"The conclusion, therefore, is that there are two major forces in society: love, which multiplies the species, and the nose, which subordinates it to the individual. Procreation, equilibrium."
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"Bah! The thing is not a nose at all, but a bit of primordial chaos clapped on to my face."
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"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."
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"I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it."
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"I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?"
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"A soiled baby with a neglected nose cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty."
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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."
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"Oh how our neighbour lifts his nose, To tell what every schoolboy knows."
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"I packed coffee once when I lived in Australia, and I just remember going around every day with coffee up my nose and in my ears."
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"[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed."
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"The big round tears Cours'd one another down his innocent nose, In piteous chase."
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"I'm a purist: I start to wrinkle my nose when the Cold War ends."
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"Pearl rolled a tiny pink speck in her fingers, possibly part of Rose's new leg that I'd tried so hard to make a good match. Pearl laughed and flicked it away as if it was snot out of her nose. I suddenly couldn't stand it. I rushed at her.She saw I wasn't playing around. She ran for it but I caught up with her along the landing. I punched her hard in the chest and she staggered back wards - back and back, and then she wobbled and went right over, down the stairs."
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"Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself."
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"Americans stick their nose where it doesn't belong more than Cyrano de Bergerac giving head."
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"Turning your nose up at a genuine and sincere gesture of hospitality is no way to travel or to make friends around the world."
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"If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world."
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"A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face."
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"At moments I dislike having a face, a nose, lips, because he has them."
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