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'A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles'

'An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.'

'I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning'

'If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.'

'The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.'

'The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.'

'This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.'

'You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.'

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Pontrhydfen, South Wales
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Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as with the mouth, is it firmly shut it again on something solid - GK Chesterton
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