"The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know."
-Lawrence Durrell
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"Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection."
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"I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything."
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"Music was invented to confirm human loneliness."
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"Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened."
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"It is not love that is blind, but jealousy."
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"It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job."
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"It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work."
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"A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!"
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