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A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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I don't think Capote loved Smith. But he did make a deep connection. It upset some people, because that had never been the approach to journalistic crime writing, to look into the mind of the killer. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#because #been #capote #connection #crime

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. ↗

— Colley Cibber

#compass #good #good manners #manners #screw

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

— John Ciardi

#every #fun #game #hard #invented

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. ↗

— John Ciardi

#convictions #could #courage #easy #enough

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion. ↗

— Colley Cibber

#good #had #know #out #world

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#i #made #out #part #real

But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#been #constant #deal #humanity #i

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#around #between #choice #contest #given

Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#chef #cooking #difference #difficult #even