I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.

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As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if...

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if...

To feel at home, stay at home.

To feel at home, stay at home.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is...

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is...

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to...

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to...

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable....

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable....

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including...

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including...

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but...

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but...