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Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
George Jean Nathan
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George Jean Nathan
Age: 76 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 14
Died: 1958
Died: April 8
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The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.
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The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do.
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To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.
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A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.
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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
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Opening Night: The night before the play is ready to open.
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