Word: think
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Hennenman was cleaner and safer than it had been for years, but Willem van Rensburg, the self-appointed health commissioner, was in a mental hospital for observation. Said one Hennenman shopkeeper: "Some say he's off his rocker, but I think he's all there. He did a fine job for the town...
...have grave doubts Japan has any value in a war with Russia. I think it might be better to pull out before the war started ... I am not so certain we could hold Japan, nor am I certain it would be worthwhile as long as we have Okinawa and the Philippines...
...Broadway with a bitter satire on Hollywood (The Big Knife) after seven profitable years among the moviemakers, tried to explain the creative urge: "What gets you all hot about a play? I don't know. A moment of pique, a bellyache, a week of exaltation. Who knows? ... I think most of us live like dogs-in the good sense. We are moved by appetites, helter-skelter, a run here, a sniff there. Like animals...
...time she sings Always True to You in My Fashion, was deeply impressed by the famed calm of Composer Cole Porter: "A composer's work must be like a baby to him. Giving it to a singer must be like leaving it with a sitter. You'd think Mr. Porter would be on edge about it, but," she marveled, "he won't [even] quarrel with you about the baby's diet...
...many other conductors ... I do not envy anyone success. If someone tells me there is a conductor who is superior to Mengelberg, I bow humbly." After a moment's thought, he added: "But whenever I hear that person's performance, I simply cannot understand what makes people think he might be better than...