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"As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal."
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"I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and just smile at everyone who walked by. Like, 'Please take me with you!'"
"I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony."
"She walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and evocative. This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of urbane humor with a precision that approached meagreness. But at the moment when strangers tended to grow uncomfortable in the presence of this economy she would seize the topic and rush off with it, feverishly surprised with herself-- then bring it back and relinquish it abruptly, almost timidly, like an obedient retriever, having been adequate and something more."
"I swear I've good morals. It's just that bad ones befriend me. I'm a friendly person, you know. But I will talk to them. Believe you me."
"She has a serene, glowing disposition. She looks at you and the rest of the world through the eyes of a lynx and is always mysterious, possibly because she always harbours those hidden laughs just beneath her lips. She's always ready to laugh."
"I am not a morning person."
"I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook."
"On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in."
"Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous."
"Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being."
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"It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait."
"Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth."
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