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sometimes by dint of rehearsing the intimate thrill of novelty can be lost, the tiny element of miracle or conjuring trick that art cannot do without. ‘You know, it’s like stage fright,’ she added. ‘If you don’t have it at all it’s a bad
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“As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its title. Monarchy, on the contrary, has an unpleasant sound, but is a most practical form of government to live under. For it is easier to find a single excellent man than many of them.”
― Cleopatra: A Life
― Cleopatra: A Life
“Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.”
― The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
― The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
“I had taken two finger-bowls of champagne, and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental, and profound.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined , though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) knows these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything, for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so.”
― The Hours
― The Hours
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