James Played

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“I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favour of doing it.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“An epigram is only a wisecrack that’s played at Carnegie Hall.”
—Oscar Levant (1906–1972)