Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 06, 2025
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
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Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)  
As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.
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H. Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), King Solomon's Mines  
No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
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Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)  
When a man plays a woman in a dress, you're halfway there. It's inherently funny. When a woman plays a man, for whatever reason, it's not that instant kind of funny.
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Tina Fey, ABC-TV World News Now  
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