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The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout the play is that most selfish of all concerns: to get a good night's sleep.
Mary McCarthy
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Mary McCarthy
Age: 77 †
Born: 1912
Born: June 21
Died: 1989
Died: October 25
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With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had been lonely.
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If one means by style the voice, the irreducible and always recognizable and alive thing, then of course style is really everything.
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From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people.
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If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil never anticipate it.
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Calling someone a monster does not make him more guilty it makes him less so by classing him with beasts and devils.
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We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour in other words, we are the hero of our own story.
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