I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.

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If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

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I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

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A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

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Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen 'Hey, you'

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A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

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I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

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The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.

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When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism but when you take it from many writers, it's research.

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