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Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

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Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place, but a man has to have something in him before he can settle down to do nothing.

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We cannot get grace from gadgets. The dishes in the bakelite houses of the future may not break, but the heart can. A man may be as unhappy in the spun glass trousers of tomorrow as he is today in worsted ones.

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Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a confidence trick on himself, needs an ally. Mine has been tobacco.

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J. B. Priestley

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Born: September 13, 1894
Died: August 14, 1984 (aged 89)
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