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“ I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further. ”

- Malcolm Lowry

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“ There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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“ Prologues like compliments are loss of time; 'Tis penning bows and making legs in rhyme. ”

- David Garrick

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“ I have never regarded any theater as much more than the conclusion to a dinner or the prelude to a supper. ”

- Max Beerbohm

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“ There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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“ Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade. ”

- Bette Midler

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“ Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds. ”

- Samuel Richardson

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“ O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! - King Henry V. Prologue. ”

- William Shakespeare

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“ We are launching a siege of the authorities. ”

- Viktor Yushchenko

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“ Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction. ”

- Aristotle

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“ I was chosen to speak due to my warm personality.... Look up warm and it means "not so hot. ”

- Unknown

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“ A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. ”

- James Madison

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“ For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions. ”

- Plato

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“ There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order… ”

- Niccolo Macbiavelli

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“ Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance. Old age is similarly a waiting room, where you go after life's over and wait for cancer or a stroke. The years before and after the menstrual years are vestigial: the only meaningful condition left to women is that of fruitfulness. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

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“ I think about how audiences are going to respond to hooks and intros and certain lines when I'm in the studio recording. Bringing these songs to the stage is the ultimate fulfillment of the creative process. ”

- Kanye West

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“ When I was preparing for this speech I asked my family for advice. One member replied, "There's a first time for everything, so try to be funny and brief. ”

- Unknown

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“ The first Rotarian was the first man to call John the Baptist Jack. ”

- H. L. Mencken

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“ Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry. ”

- John Lennon

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“ As one skeleton said to the other - if I had any guts I'd get the heck out of here. ”

- Unknown

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“ Thanks for the nice introduction. Next to my resume, that's the closest I'll ever come to perfection. ”

- Unknown

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“ We were worried that our main speaker wouldn't be able to make it tonight. But, fortunately, due to a hole in the prosecution's case. ”

- Unknown

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“ I hope you will excuse my being late. The person in this organization who gave me directions here has obviously heard me speak before. ”

- Unknown

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“ I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. ”

- Carl Sandburg

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“ We will then hear from the founder of the Mayo Clinic,... Dr. Ted Clinic. ”

- Dave Barry

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“ Even more exasperating than the guy who thinks he knows it all is the one who really does. ”

- Al Bernstein

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“ When I told her we were going to roast her, she said, "Of course,... they only crucify the innocent. ”

- Unknown

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“ Goldie Hawn is funny, sexy, beautiful, talented, intelligent, warm, and consistently sunny. Other than that, she doesn't impress me at all. ”

- Neil Simon

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“ Buffet: A French word that means "get up and get it yourself. ”

- Ron Dentinger

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“ Response to clapping: "Thank you for ovating. ”

- Unknown

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