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"Necessity dispenseth with decorum."
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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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"There are impertinent inquiries made; your rule is, to leave the inquirer uninformed on the matter; not, if you can help it, misinformed, but precisely as dark as he was!"


"A fair day's wages for a fair day's work: it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of government."


"It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale."
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