#terrible thing

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted. ↗

— John Guare

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Smoking is related to practically every terrible thing that can happen to you. ↗

— Loni Anderson

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I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future. ↗

— Brian Eno

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A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the last ten years I have lost seven or eight of my closest. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

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An ugly woman with an ugly gun is a terrible thing. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

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It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

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He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. ↗

— Arthur Miller

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I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write. ↗

— Anne Perry

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I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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