"Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?"

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— Judith Butler

Philosophy1956

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"Tightfisted people are as mean with friendship as they are with cash--suspicious, unbelieving, and incurious."

— Paul Theroux

Literature1941

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— Brian O'Nolan

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"Anyone who, for 25 years, has built a career on such tenuous foundations as a high-pitched giggle, a raspberry and a sprinkling of top 'Cs' needs all the friends he can get."

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