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“But little else could deter Craig Binky, for he believed that everything about him was destined to be triumphal. Harry Penn was certain that in his nearly one hundred years he had never encountered a soul more intensely marinated in self-satisfaction. Craig Binky's pomposity was often relieved, for others, by what Harry Penn generously termed "Mr. Binky's somewhat inexact intelligence.”
Mark Helprin“But little else could deter Craig Binky, for he believed that everything about him was destined to be triumphal. Harry Penn was certain that in his nearly one hundred years he had never encountered a soul more intensely marinated in self-satisfaction. Craig Binky's pomposity was often relieved, for others, by what Harry Penn generously termed "Mr. Binky's somewhat inexact intelligence.”
Mark Helprin“BeautyIs the fume-track of necessity. This thought Is therapeutic.If, after severalApplications, you do not findRelief, consult your family physician”
Robert Penn Warren, The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren“This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.”
Penn Jillette“Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.”
Irving Penn“Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.”
Sean Penn“That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.”
Sean Penn“I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.”
Penn Jillette“My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.”
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