Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great. – Fred A. Allen

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And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beautys heightening… – Matthew Arnold

Ive been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this: If youve seen one city slum youve seen them all. – Spiro T. Agnew

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it. – Charles Baudelaire

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. – Rupert Brooke

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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. – St.Augustine

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Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. – Leonardo da Vinci

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The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up. – Author Unknown

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