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"All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, 'Lie down.'"
Sir Hugh Walpole
(03/13/1884
06/01/1941)
English writer
"She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table."
Janet Flanner
(03/13/1892
11/07/1978)
US journalist
, on Elsa Maxwell
"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."
Paul Fix
(03/13/1901
10/14/1983)
US actor
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
Susan B. Anthony
(02/15/1820
03/13/1906)
US suffragist
"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."
Clarence Darrow
(04/18/1857
03/13/1938)
US lawyer
"If two New Hampshire men aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians."
Stephen Vincent Benet
(07/22/1898
03/13/1943)
US writer
"We spent a year trying to play one song, practising about four hours a week. Then we decided that if we really wanted to learn this song, we'd have to practice two days a week."
Adam Clayton
(03/13/1960
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Irish bassist (U2)
"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear."
Ivo Andric
(10/10/1892
03/13/1975)
Bosnian writer
"Not nearly as exciting as it would be if I were acknowledged as one of the greatest lays in the world."
Maureen Stapleton
(06/21/1925
03/13/2006)
US actor
, on winning an Oscar for "Reds," and how it felt to be recognized as one of the greatest actresses in the world
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