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Quote by George Ade

“"Whom are you?" said he, for he had been to night school.”

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George Ade was an American writer born on February 9, 1866, and died on May 16, 1944. He is one of the representatives of American humorous literature, known for his unique humorous style and satirical techniques. more

“I took Eugene Sue's Arthur from the reading-room. It's indescribable, enough to make you vomit. You have to read this to realize the pitifulness of money, success, and the public. Literature has become consumptive. It spits and slobbers, covers its blisters with salve and sticking-plaster, and has grown bald from too much hair-slicking. It would take Christ of art to cure this leper.”

Writing Art Enough Reading Literature Christ Realizing Rooms Too Much Hair Cures Spit Arthur Indescribable Leper Plasters Blisters Reading Room

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“I don't know what to say about this book. The experience on which it is founded is so extraordinary, that an honest record of it should be preserved . . . But it would have driven me mad; and I am not sure that the author came out of it without a slight derangement.”

Knows Should Writing Book Records Honest Mad Extraordinary Driven Not Sure

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both its sponsors and its intended audience.”

Ifs Knows Mean Government Audience Television Please Program Administration Sponsors

Author:Lewis H. Lapham

“As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.”

People World Numbers Talking Fans Basketball Sick Tired Materialistic People Talking

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I'm the master marketer.”

Masters Basketball Marketers

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“If you don't like me, there must be something wrong with you.”

Ifs Basketball Like Me Don't Like Me You Don't Like Me If You Don't Like Me

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent. Nobody can control me.”

People Trying Years Said Felt Basketball Juvenile Delinquents

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“They won't talk to you because I'm undercover.”

Basketball Undercover

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order.”

People Firsts Children Different Order Deals Military Type Basketball

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

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