I have learned you cannot fulfil a great purpose like the building of Nevada and make ice-cream on the front porch every night too.
— Howard Hughes Contemporary

Billionaire, extreme OCD recluse

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Metaphorical statement about the demands of grand ambitions.

Date / Period

Approx. 1950s-1960s

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Strange & Unusual

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