“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”
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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936Related quotes
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Charlton Heston
(1923–2008) American actor
Los Angeles Times interview (1956)
Context: I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself. This meant that I had to come to understand Moses well enough to believe in my portrayal of him.
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William Saroyan
(1908–1981) American writer
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Erik Naggum
(1965–2009) Norwegian computer programmer
Re: Lisp as glue language? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/711dfe3ce115d552 (Usenet article).
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Anne Frank
(1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“To the best of refuges I prefer their doorways.”
Antonio Porchia
(1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Prefiero al mejor de los refugios las puertas de cualquier refugio.
Voces (1943)