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  • Joan Didion Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brushfire through the community, and in a sense this is true. The tension broke that day. The paranoia was fulfilled.
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ogden Nash Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the window open.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Billie Jean King Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Patrick Blackett May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.
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  • Franz Kafka May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Merely having an open mind is nothing; the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Angela Carter Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Thomas Dewar Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
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  • Lord Thomas Dewar Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
    Lord Thomas Dewar
    Scottish businessman (1864 - 1930)
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  • Arthur Joseph Goldberg Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
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  • Samuel Johnson More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • J. G. Ballard My brief stay at the hospital had already convinced me that the medical profession was an open door to anyone nursing a grudge against the human race.
    Crash (1973)
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Brad D. Smith My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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  • Bibhu Mohapatra My engineer dad is where my technical acumen comes from. I remember him taking me to the factories to see how what works. Often he used to open up his motorbike to fix things and I saw how the wheels worked. His car used to be open for dissection very regularly. All this taught me and inspired me to look beyond what I could see on the skin.
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  • Bobbi Brown My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way.
    Bobbi Brown
    American professional makeup artist, author and public speaker
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  • B. B. King My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I'm in torture, when in truth, I'm in ecstasy. I don't do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Francis Bacon Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Baltasar Gracián Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • George Bernard Shaw New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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