Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else-felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance-is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.
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The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook.
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Any speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should stop boring.
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A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.
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