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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. ”
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. ”
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. ”
No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child. ”
No one can keep a secret better than a child. ”
Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more. ”
From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especially atomic physics, in recent years it might well appear to the layman that the main problems were already solved and that only more detailed work was necessary. ”
I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays. ”
Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well. ”
Ottawa is a hot spot of Canadian crime writing, with perhaps the greatest concentration of active, involved, published crime writers anywhere. ”