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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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Personal Development
"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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Personal Development
"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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Personal Development
"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."
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"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."
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Explore more quotes by Herman Wouk
"I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans."
Man
"The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns."
Being
"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
Being
"The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot."
Mind
"Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality."
Illusion
"Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good."
War
"I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge."
Humor
"Write a page a day. It will add up."
Writing
"Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live."
Interest
"I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it."
Wealth
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