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“We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.”
― Seeing Voices
― Seeing Voices
“The good life doesn't knock on the door.
Joy is a job.”
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Joy is a job.”
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“[Short Talk on the Sensation of Airplane Takeoff] Well you know I wonder, it could be love running toward my life with its arms up yelling let’s buy it what a bargain!”
― Short Talks
― Short Talks
“On Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday:
"These two simply appreciate one another more than either of them appreciates anyone else, and they would rather be appreciated by one another more than by anyone else. They just are at home with one another, whether or not they can ever live together under the same roof -- that is, ever find a roof they can live together under.”
― Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
"These two simply appreciate one another more than either of them appreciates anyone else, and they would rather be appreciated by one another more than by anyone else. They just are at home with one another, whether or not they can ever live together under the same roof -- that is, ever find a roof they can live together under.”
― Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
“All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities.”
― The Journals of Spalding Gray
― The Journals of Spalding Gray
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