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"The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon."
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"I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative."
"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform."
"A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener."
"In no way can sport be considered a luxury object."
"The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man, therefore increase your necessity."
"For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk."
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"If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from."
"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."
"After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year."
"Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous."
"It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."
"Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment."
"A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated."
"There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that."
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