Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 12, 2025
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)  
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)  
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
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Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)  
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"  
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