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The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.


Christopher Morley

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MORLEY SAFER The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.
ROBERT MORLEY The French are a logical people, which is one reason the English dislike them so intensely. The othe...
ROBERT MORLEY When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.'
MORLEY SAFER Everything they said she has to be she's contradicted. She's small and has a tough look, her face is...
PAUL MORLEY It was just a bang and then I heard sirens.
JOHN MORLEY You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.
MORLEY SAFER McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determina...
MORLEY SAFER The market appeared at first sight to take some heed from the Reserve Bank's recent warnings, with a...
HOWARD MORLEY People coming from Lakeview Drive have trouble getting out at that intersection. I just came from th...
DENNIS MORLEY It should help slow things down through the rest of town.
DENNIS MORLEY