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But your book is wrong, Mrs. Strunk, says George, when it tells you that Jim is the substitute I found for a real son, a real kid brother, a real husband, a real wife. Jim wasn't a substitute for anything. And there is no substitute for Jim, if you'll forgive my saying so, anywhere.

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Christopher Isherwood's Popular Quotes

We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers.

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A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than…

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By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress.

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I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

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I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

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Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent.

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Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.

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I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.

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I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.

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