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Clare Boothe Luce

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Also known as Ann Clare Boothe Luce, Clare Boothe, Ann Boothe, Clare Boothe Brokaw

American writer, politician, ambassador, journalist and anti-Communist activist (1903-1987)

Person · Open Library

Born
1903
Died
1987
Works
37

Top works

  • American military aid to Chinese communist armies
  • Slam the door softly
  • Gli Stati Uniti e l'Europa
  • Margin for error
  • הנשים

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Jamaica
Active from
1948-03-22
jamaicanlovers rockreggaerocksteady

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Quotes

  • I have resolved to grow old, naturally and gracefully, content in the knowledge that the greatest intellects are the homeliest ones, and that the height of sophistication is simplicity.
  • You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
  • Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals [with] no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.
  • No good deed goes unpunished.
  • There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.
  • A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self — in the mirror of some woman's eyes.

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