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I have resolved to grow old, naturally and gracefully, content in the knowledge that the greatest intellects are the homeliest ones, and that the height of sophistication is simplicity.

— Clare Boothe Luce

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A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self — in the mirror of some woman's eyes.

The Women (1936)

Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.

The Women (1936)

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

Europe in the Spring (1940)

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals [with] no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.

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