American - Journalist | March 8, 1890 - July 2, 1960
What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.
Gene Fowler
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
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He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
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I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.
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Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
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Love and memory last and will so endure till the game is called because of darkness.
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Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.
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Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
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Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.
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They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
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It is easier to believe than to doubt.
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Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.
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