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«When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the producers executed him. It reminds some people of Broadway today.»
Author: Samuel G. Freedman
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Broadway, executed, patron, patrons, patron saint, producers, refused, reminds, ridiculed, roman, saint, The Legend, The producer, The Producers
«Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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blockhead, blockheads, clairvoyant, commonly, invisible, namely, n a, patron, patrons
«I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.»
Author: John Updike
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administering, anonymous, Body of, digging, enlightened, filter, filtered, filtering, filters, funds, here and there, honorably, host, magazine, official, patron, patrons, pockets, public-spirited, publication, publications, public funds, scruple, scruples, spirited, strike home, striking
«Whoso hath left debt and children, let him come to me; I am their patron, I will discharge his debt and befriend his children»
Author: Muhammad
(Religious leader)
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Religion
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befriend, befriended, befriending, befriends, debt, discharge, discharged, discharges, discharging, patron, patrons
«Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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encumber, encumbered, encumbering, encumbers, patron, patrons, struggling, unconcern