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I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of read more

I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain

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The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it

The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it

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The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.

The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.

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The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but read more

The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else.

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Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.

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