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In Bengal,
To move at all
Is seldom if ever done.

— Noël Coward Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

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Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.

I love criticism as long as it is unqualified praise.

Television is for appearing on, not looking at.

Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.

Private Lives (1930)

People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!

Design for Living (1932)

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