"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."
-Truman Capote
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"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.“
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"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
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"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself."
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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make."
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"Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act."
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"Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends."
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"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good."
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"God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God."
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"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true."
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"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good."
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"Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline."
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"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."
-Phyllis Diller
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