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Mimes were invented to give magicians someone to look down on.

"The real work" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. March 17, 2008.

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

James H. Boren (1982). “Fuzzify!: Borenwords and strategies for bureaucratic success”, Epm Pubns Inc

I don't look at scripts. I just write them.

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

"Autobiographical Notes" by James A. Baldwin (1952), republished in James A. Baldwin "Notes of a Native Son" (1955), archive.nytimes.com.

You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.

Jack London (1979). “No Mentor But Myself: A Collection of Articles, Essays, Reviews, and Letters on Writing and Writers”, Associated Faculty PressInc

I find it painful and angering to look in a mirror.

Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

J. P. Donleavy (2010). “The Ginger Man”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.