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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
I distrust thought. The interior life is highly overrated. I don't like the wispy and the vague... or inductive logic in any kind of writing. I'm impatient with writers who make too much sense. The better things that I've done have come to me by instinct.
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Billy Eckstine, Musician (1914) |
Marty Feldman, Comedian (1933) |
Schuyler Fisk, Actress (1982) |
Jean De La Fontaine, Poet (1621) |
Ian Gilmour, Politician (1926) |
Philip Johnson, Architect (1906) |
Hanns Johst, Playwright (1890) |
Louis Jordan, Musician (1908) |
June Allyson, Actress (2006) |
Arthur Calwell, Politician (1973) |
Paula Danziger, Author (2004) |
Crystal Eastman, Lawyer (1928) |
Havelock Ellis, Psychologist (1939) |
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Vivien Leigh, Actress (1967) |