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The day will happen whether or not you get up.

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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down.

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Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

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The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

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Poetry lies its way to the truth.

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Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!

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A dollar saved is a quarter earned.

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A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

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Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: June 24th, 1916

Died: March 30th, 1986

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