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With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

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I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge. ↗

— Robert Goulet

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The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time. ↗

— Robert Goulet

#fights #friends #go #going #good

The woman who loves always smells good. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#good #loves #smells #who #woman

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#desire #everything #includes #live #stimulates

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#learn #less #live #more #more and more

It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some Thursday afternoon games, we'd get 25,000 fans. That was remarkable. This has always been a great Red Sox city. ↗

— Curt Gowdy

#always #been #city #fans #games