Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

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As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace...

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace...

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he...

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he...

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him...

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him...

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like...

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like...

It's an acting job - acting natural.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World...

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...