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Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
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Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
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Greenwich
Village
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Art

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In time truth and science and nature will adapt themselves to art. Things will happen logically, and the villain be discomfited instead of being elected to the board of directors. But in the meantime fiction must not only be divorced from fact, but must pay alimony and be awarded custody of the press despatches.
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Women's weapon, water-drops.
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It ain't the roads we take it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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Beauty is Nature in perfection circularity is its chief attribute. Behold the full moon, the enchanting golf ball, the domes of splendid temples, the huckleberry pie, the wedding ring, the circus ring, the ring for the waiter, and the round of drinks.
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When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.
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All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best
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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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