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Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
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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Fort Wayne
Indiana
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Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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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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Men go to the theatre to forget women, to remember.
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I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost.
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So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.
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Like everybody else, when I don't know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds.
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