CORPORAL: [trying to copy Lawrence’s snuffing a match with his fingers] Ow! It damn well ‘urts!
LAWRENCE: Certainly it hurts.
CORPORAL: Well what’s the trick then?
LAWRENCE: The trick, William Potter, is not minding if it hurts.
Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
Lawrence of Arabia, Part 1, sc. 18 (1962) [with Michael Wilson]
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The wisest thing to do, whenever someone says, “I knew you wouldn’t mind,” is to run. No good will follow.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2014-02-18)
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