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Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who wish I would write another These Old Shades, it ought to sell like hot cakes. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning. ↗

— A. E. Housman

#american #conceal #cunning #diabolical #every

But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#also #appreciation #audiences #enabled #even

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

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Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#beginning #civilization #communication #each #enabled

Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

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Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise. ↗

— John Heywood

#hanging #likewise #wedding

When all candles be out, all cats be grey. ↗

— John Heywood

#cats #grey #out

If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#days #depressing #family #guilty #guilty pleasure

There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to. I think audiences are clamoring to connect - particularly after 9/11 - with things that are genuine and real and I think documentaries are filling that need. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#audiences #been #connect #documentaries #dramas