We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best."
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| "We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best." |
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"Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization."
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"The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving."
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"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."
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"It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, it is queerer than we CAN imagine."
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"Today they're making pictures that I wouldn't want Trigger to see."
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| "Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes." |
"I knew I'd been living in Berkeley too long when I saw a sign that said 'Free firewood' and my first thought was 'Who was Firewood and what did he do?'"
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"What does accelerating computer power have to do with intelligence? If you move your arms faster, do you get smarter?"
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"Aside from what they did musically, the Beatles were great ambassadors. They made everything English very cool at the time. By the time we got (to America), everyone was ready for us. Just the fact that we were English opened every door for us."
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"A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot."
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| "I draw on my memories but blended with a lot of fantasy...but let's set the record straight on something! "The Summer of '69" has nothing to do with the actual year 1969. It's about making love (69—get it?) and looking back at the good old times." |  |
"There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt, to me anyway, is what makes you human, and without doubt even the righteous lose their grip not only on reality but also on their humanity."
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"We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them."
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