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A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832

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Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter.

Jonathan Swift | Irish Author and Satirist of prose, 1667-1745

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Life is too short for a long story.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | 1689-1762, British Society Figure, Letter Writer

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The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.

Laurence Sterne | Irish, Novelist Quotes

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Barnhardt: One thing, Mr. Klaatu: suppose this group should reject your proposals. What is the alternative? Klaatu: I'm afraid there is no alternative. In such a case, the planet Earth would have to be... eliminated Barnhardt: Such power exists? Klaatu: I assure you, such power exists.

Klaatu | The Day the Earth Stood Still , 1951

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Eddie Valiant: [after discovering the flattened Doom getting up and wobbling to his feet] Holy smoke, he's a Toon! Judge Doom: Surprised? Eddie Valiant: Not really. That lame-brained freeway idea could only be cooked up by a Toon. Judge Doom: Not just ANY Toon... [Doom wobbles over to an oxygen tank, puts the valve in his mouth and turns it on. He inflates back to his old self. His hat ...

Judge Doom | Who Framed Roger Rabbit , 1988

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Ted Cole: [discussing Eddie's first story] Oh, its very heartfelt. Very personal. Well, its just a collection of personal anecdotes that don't really add up to much. Eddie O'Hare: I was just trying to see if could write something that seemed true. Ted Cole: Oh, it seems true. It just isn't very interesting. It sort of an emotional outburst, but it really isn't a story.

Ted Cole | The Door in the Floor , 2004

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Drew Carey: [Scenes From A Hat] Inappropriate anecdotes told on a celebrity talk show. Wayne Brady: [laughter] ... no, so I left the body in the trunk, and everyone is like, Ooh, what's that smell? [buzz] Colin Mochrie: ...so, things are tough, I'm a big ho. And... [buzz] Robin Williams: ...so I said: Get off me grandma, I'm done! [buzz] Wayne Brady: ...so, I'm looking through the ...

Drew Carey | Whose Line Is It Anyway? , 1988

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Leslie Williams: You know, Columbo, you're almost likable in a shabby sort of way. Maybe it's the way you come slouching in here with your shopworn bag of tricks. Lt. Columbo: Me? Tricks? Leslie Williams: The humility, the seeming absent-mindedness, the uh, homey anecdotes about the family: the wife, you know? [laughs] Lt. Columbo: Really? Leslie Williams: Yeah, Lieutenant Columbo, ...

Leslie Williams | Ransom for a Dead Man (TV), 1971

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