Clifton Paul Fadiman Quotes


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    A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    To feel at home, stay at home. Clifton Paul Fadiman
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    When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. Clifton Paul Fadiman

 

 

 

 

 

 

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