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Francis Bacon quote: "The remedy is worse than the disease."

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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Why be a dumb dud? Do your friends shun you? Do people cross the street when they see you approaching? Do they run up the steps of strange houses, pretend they live there and force their way into the hall while you are passing by? If this is the sort of person you are, you must avail yourself today of this new service. Otherwise, you might as well be dead. Flann O'Brien
Agatha Christie quote: "My dear Poirot, it's not for me to dictate to you. You have a..."
My dear Poirot, it's not for me to dictate to you. You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have mine. Agatha Christie
Milan Kundera quote: "Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of..."
Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries. Milan Kundera
Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, who says this, saying it's me? Samuel Beckett
When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens. Desmond Tutu
The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way for me. And that's what a man is. Somebody that won't go out of his way for you. I bet it says that in the dictionary. Barbara Kingsolver
There's a big difference between falling in love with someone and falling in love with someone and getting married. Usually, after you get married, you fall in love with the person even more. Dave Grohl
William Shakespeare quote: "Tis no mean happiness to be seated in the mean."
Tis no mean happiness to be seated in the mean. William Shakespeare
David Baldacci quote: "Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?"Probably. Why?"Just..."
Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?"Probably. Why?"Just wanted confirmation. David Baldacci
There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she. Louis L'Amour
There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years. Liam Neeson
Seth Lloyd quote: "At some point, Moore's law will break down."
At some point, Moore's law will break down. Seth Lloyd
I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years. Kevin Smith
It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I just act. That's it. Isabelle Huppert
That she held herself well was true; and had nice hands and feet; and dressed well, considering that she spent little. But often now this body she wore (she stopped to look at a Dutch picture), this body, with all its capacities, seemed nothing - nothing at all. She had the oddest sense of being herself invisible; unseen; unknown; there being no more marrying, no more having of children now, but only this astonishing and rather solemn progress with the rest of them, up Bond Street, this being... Virginia Woolf