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Quote by Ben Hecht
There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is n

There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is not sick with unused self. – Ben Hecht

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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. – Ben Hecht

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All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. – Christopher Morley, Where the Blue Begins

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