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Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race. ↗

— Blake Edwards

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I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life. ↗

— Arthur Hailey

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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. ↗

— Bil Keane

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They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

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The thing I would most like to see invented is a way of teaching children and grown-ups the difference between right and wrong. ↗

— Robert Maxwell

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Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head. ↗

— Tony Parsons

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There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention. ↗

— Bill Pullman

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Every perfect life is a parable invented by God. ↗

— Simone Weil

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