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"I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me."
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"Personality is a slot machine, and the cherries, lemons, and bells are your SSRI system, your schizophrenic tendency, your left/right brain lobalization, your anxiety proclivity, your wiring glitches, your place on the autistic and OCD spectrums - and to these we must add the deep-level influences of the machines and systems of intelligence that guided your brain into maturity."

"I can eat you at breakfast, not because I am a monster; it is only because you are too cute and yummy."

"Humanism is not a single character. It is a magnificent blend of various emotional and behavioral traits that are unique to the human mind."

"The regular I both feared and salivated to see was names Reyes Farrow. Where others exuded aggression, deception, and insecurity, he literally dripped confidence, sex, and power. Mostly sex."

"Cecelia, as with every look and gesture she let us know, was entirely at ease only in the company of her equals " a company that included, besides herself, only her sister. And of course Cecelia held some secret doubts about herself; you can't dislike nearly everybody and be quite certain that you have exempted yourself."

"I feel like a Bull Moose."

"Character of any person is the aggregate of his or her conscientious tendencies - the sum total of the knacks of the civilized part of the mind."

"I, too, was fiercely independent and thought I could make two equal four."

"Oliver laughed - actually laughed."I like this new Claire," he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright."Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps."

"I like being full of mystery and wonder, people always know im up to something but never know exactly what."
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"It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them."


"We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else."


"If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation."


"James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized."


"Theater in New York is nearer to the street. In London, you have to go deep into the building, usually, to reach the place where theater happens. On Broadway, only the fire doors separate you from the sidewalk, and you're lucky if the sound of a police car doesn't rip the envelope twice a night."
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