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When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail. ↗

— David Merrick

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I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't? ↗

— Paul Merton

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And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

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At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw. ↗

— James Merrill

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Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years. ↗

— Paul Merton

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I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour. ↗

— Paul Merton

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I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it. ↗

— Paul Merton

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I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place. ↗

— Paul Merton

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