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"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill "A modest little person, with much to be modest about."
- Winston Churchill "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with
great pleasure."
- Clarence Darrow "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary."
- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner) "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading
it."
- Moses Hadas "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
- Abraham Lincoln "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I
approved of it."
- Mark Twain "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
- Oscar Wilde "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a
friend... if you have one."
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there
is one."
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