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01Undated

You haven't lived until you died in New York.

Alexander Woollcott / quote

02Undated

Always a godfather - never a god!

Alexander Woollcott / quote

03Undated

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

Alexander Woollcott / quote

04Undated

All the things I really like to do are either immoral illegal or fattening.

Alexander Woollcott / quote

05Undated

To all things clergic I am allergic.

Alexander Woollcott / quote

06Undated

A hick town is one in which there is no place to go where you shouldn't be.

Alexander Woollcott / quote

07Undated

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 / quote

08Undated

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

Alexander Woollcott / quote

09Undated

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 / quote

10Undated

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 / quote