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“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
“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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“(Can human beings change? The humor, and the sadness, of remarriage comedies can be said to result from the fact that we have no good answer to that question.)”
― Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
― Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
“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
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