D. J. Enright quotes
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“Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle.”
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“All I asked for was equality and independence. A rotating chairmanship might have been the answer.”
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“An authentic and ingenious account of the ingeniously counterfeit in art and in life.”
-- D. J. Enright
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“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
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“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”
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Source : Abram Joseph Ryan, John Moran (1896). “Poems ...”
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“No life is well-rounded without the subtle inspiration of beauty.”
Source : Beatrix Farrand, Carmen Messinger Pearson (2009). “The Collected Writings of Beatrix Farrand: American Landscape Gardener (1872-1959)”, p.128, UPNE
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“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”
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