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Thu 09 Sep 2007A brief history of pithinessUnder the Microscope/Prof William Reville:This week, as a break from science, I offer you a selection of famous quotations. Many of these are adapted from Brewer's Famous Quotations by Nigel Rees (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006), a treasure-trove of 5,000 quotations.Woody Allen (1937- ). Film actor, writer and director. "The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep." In The New Republic (August 31st, 1974).