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'You talk for talking's sake,' she hissed. I asked if that was bad. 'I mean it,' the girl replied. 'You talk for talking's sake.' I had heard her the first time and had understood the words but not the contempt with which they were charged. 'Would you be equally annoyed,' I asked, 'if I danced for dancing's sake? […] I should have said, 'Would you hate me if I lived for living's sake?' This would have been the total question — the one to which a full reply could have saved the world.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
December 25, 1908
Died:
November 21, 1999
(aged 90)
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