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Did super-investor Warren Buffett coin the following saying?
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it
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Did fashion maven Coco Chanel present the following fashion guideline emphasizing simplicity?
One always begins by making dream dresses. Then one has to take away something. Always to take off, never to add.
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Hellen Keller presented a remarkable description of the tumultuous changes to her inner life:
Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world.
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I always thought this was Hugo, and I'm thrilled to not have to remember it differently 😉
Did literary titan Victor Hugo say:
The theater is not the realm of the real: there are cardboard trees, … glass diamonds, tinsel gold, …
The theater is the realm of the true: there are human hearts on the stage, … human hearts in the auditorium.
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The QI article inspired by your request from August 2024 has been updated with a 1905 precursor citation
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Quip Origin: In Ancient Times Cats Were Worshipped As Gods; They Have Not Forgotten This
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Did Terry Pratchett craft this quip?
A science fiction author presented a radical opinion about machine intelligence when he said the following. Who was it?
We should regard it as a privilege to be stepping stones to higher things
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oh my god, this was 15 years ago, that post on Twitter and it's been around the world and back
And now I'll go & watch the stunningly talented & gorgeous Anne Bancroft (w/ the rest of the stellar cast) in "The Miracle Worker." (streaming for free on Tubi 😉)
