A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

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A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

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In how many lives does love really play a dominant part The average taxpayer is no more capable of the grand passion than of a grand opera.

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In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.

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No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.

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The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

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You, the Spirit of the Settlement ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries...

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