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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

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Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

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Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

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When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

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Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

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