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The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. ↗

— Epicurus

#difficulty #glory #greater #more #surmounting

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie. ↗

— Louise Bogan

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Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble. ↗

— Louise Bogan

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I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#every #i #lose #often #once

I love to play music. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#i love #love #music #play #play music

Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#feel #hardly #however #living #may

It was said of me recently that I suffered from an Obsessional Privacy. I can only suppose it must be true. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#i #i can #me #must #obsessional

So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#obviously #profession #quite #wrong

Where is all the knowledge we lost with information? ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#knowledge #lost #where

The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#because #budget #consideration #cost #enjoy