"We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts."

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“I have no idea of the extent of this zoo. I know only my corner and whatever passes before me.”

“The unbeaten brat will remain unlearned.”

“Life is about making right things and going on .”

“You become writer by writing . It is a yoga .”

“Society presses upon us all the time. The progress of the last half century is the progress of the frog out of his well.”

“Past is gone , present is going and tomorrow is day after tomorrow's yesterday . So why worry about anything ? God is in all this .”

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— Audrey Hepburn

Entertainment1929–1993

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