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“Never make a decision when you need to pee.”
― Beautiful Losers
― Beautiful Losers

“Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.”
― As good as Golda;: The warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister
― As good as Golda;: The warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory

“Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
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