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U.S. director
Give a man food, and he can eat for a day. Give a man a job, and he can only eat for 30 minutes on break.
(1880—1932)
English biographercritic
The penalty for getting the woman you want is that you must keep her.
(1923--)
U.S. gossip columnist
No matter who you are or what you plan to do, learn to type!
(1865—1946)
U.S. essayistcritic
I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel.
(1865—1946)
U.S. essayistcritic, Afterthoughts, 1931
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
(1865—1946), Afterthoughts
Married women are kept women, and they are beginning to find it out.
(1865—1946), Afterthoughts, 1934
What's more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?
(1865—1946), All Trivia, 1949
I cannot forgive my friends for dying: I do not find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.
(1865—1946), Last Words, 1933
How can you say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?