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Clifton Fadiman was an American intellectual, editor, and writer renowned for his contributions to literature and culture. Born on May 15, 1904, and passing away on June 20, 1999, Fadiman's career spanned several decades, during which he made significant impacts on the literary world.

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

Use Answers Conversation Genuine Sculpture Questions And Answers

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“Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly”

Happens Things Happen Gertrude

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“There is no reader so parochial as the one who reads none but this morning's books. Books are not rolls, to be devoured only when they are hot and fresh. A good book retains its interior heat and will warm a generation yet unborn.”

Book Morning Generations Reader Hot Warm Heat Interiors Good Book Unborn

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“Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.”

Thinking Kind Dream Sleep Including Gross Insomnia Bedtime Funny Sleep Sleepiness Funny Sleeping Sleep And Dream Sleep Dream Funny Insomnia Not Sleeping

Book:Any Number Can Play

Source: Any Number Can Play

“Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.”

Immortality Leap Milk Cheese Cheesy

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“My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.”

Thinking Want Years Age Father Community Taken Son Stronger Intelligent Great Men My Son Pals

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“We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.”

Thinking May Source Forgotten Absence Guarantees Originality Inverted

Book:Any Number Can Play

Source: Any Number Can Play

“A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. The social emotions it generates are equidistant from the philatelist's solitary gloating and the football fan's gregarious hysteria.”

Social Emotion Fans Football Lovers Mets Wine Bottles Solitary Hysteria Gregarious Bottles Of Wine Football Fan Wine Lovers Gloating

Book:Wine Buyers Guide

Source: Wine Buyers Guide

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1904
Died: June 20, 1999
Known for: Intellectual
Quotes: 58

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