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Alexander Woollcott
American
Critic
About the author
Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Cause
#Chicago
#Germany
All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Work
#Democracy
#Hearing
It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Dance
#Act
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Time
#Wishing
Nothing risque, nothing gained.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Nothing
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Ability
#English
#Flying
There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Life
#Day
His huff arrived and he departed in it.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.
Alexander Woollcott,
American
Critic
#Mind