American - Writer | May 15, 1904 - June 20, 1999
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Clifton Fadiman
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For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
LifeMenSearchLife Is AGetMost
My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.
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One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
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To feel at home, stay at home.
HomeFeelStay
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
WineNeverBottleLoverMetShared
Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
MindYourFleshInterestedRather
I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.
QuestionsConversationGenuineBuild
My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.
WorkEatOrderRecollectionMain
By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.
ManSchoolHigh SchoolEndBecome
The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.
MistakesTalentMindGreatestMaking
Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.
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