

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― You Only Live Twice
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― You Only Live Twice

“What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables

“Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.”
― The Hunchback of Notre Dame
― The Hunchback of Notre Dame

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

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