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a:hover {color: #990000;}anecdotage.com - complaints anecdotes. anecdotes from yeats to gates         displaying complaints anecdotes: 444 found obstruction of justiceafter hosting a supper for several distinguished guests one evening, sophie arno... punctuated equilibrium?in 1802, timothy dexter published a twenty-four page pamphlet (entitled "a pickl... political stew?in january 1950, victor biaka-boda, a former witch doctor representing the ivory... robert reed: strawberry heavenrobert reed, a shakespearean actor who loved the theater, hated his role (as mik... chimney sleep?mark twain's cigar smoking was a constant source of irritation to his wife, oliv... ranching on the beltwayherbert hoover once complained to former president calvin coolidge that his atte... for god's sake?one day producer sam zimbalist approached graham greene to ask for assistance wi... peter falk: third eye blindat the tender age of three, peter falk had his right eye surgically removed (and... dave barry: chomperin january 2002, british psychologist richard wiseman, having launched an intern... spectacular goldwynbefore his incarnation as a successful screenwriter, edmund north worked as a pr... supernatural standardssamuel goldwyn once enlisted a ghostwriter to write a series of articles on his ... spartan accomodationdr. johnson possessed an intense distaste for all things scottish. on an excursi... cousinsthe financier otto kahn, famed for his patronage of the metropolitan opera house... no mick jaggerrolling stones guitarist brian jones once slept with a pair of groupies. "he's g... fabio goosedin march 1999, famed male supermodel fabio was among the first to ride the new "... blind justiceone day moshe dayan, who lost an eye while fighting in the british army during w... sexual devotionespecially in america, psychohumorist mark gorkin once observed, sex is treated ... serendippable!one day in 1853, an annoying guest at a resort in saratoga springs, new york, co... horse and cart?in 1976, staffordshire city council began to receive complaints that the buses o... huhgel?even on his deathbed hegel remained abstractly philosophical. "only one man ever... restless fighterduring a match against tony galento one day, joe louis, knocked down by a surpri... mating of tigersedith sitwell once received letter from a concerned reader. "dear dame edith," i... classic hilbertwhile walking along the street one day, the notoriously absent-minded mathematic... conjunction"eddie cantor and georgie jessel were on the same bill on a vaudeville unit," jo... hite reportfamed sexual researcher shere hite was once asked how most men had had sex with ... catherine zeta-jones: thank...shortly after her marriage to michael douglas (in november 2000), catherine zeta... to the hilton?cary grant once telephoned hotel mogul conrad hilton in istanbul, turkey, with a... heheh hmhm heh hehehpatrick stewart "got into trouble" one day while walking through new york's cent... book valueone day in 2001, roman polanski called robert evans complaining that he had been... george burns: burned up?george burns, famed for his love of fine cigars, was a longtime member of l.a.'s... ball room?early in his career oliver herford was perpetually short of money. accordingly, ... fitting replynoel coward once spent a very uncomfortable night at a bug-infested hotel in the... w. c. fields: pineapple juicew. c. fields always kept a martini-filled thermos on hand while he was filming. ... 12:05chico marx once wrote the writer heywood broun a check for gambling debts, warni... staggering problemone day during the production of the captain hates the sea (1934), direct... texas eaglein 1996, al gore received a letter from a dallas couple complaining about the el... schumann-oinkone evening, the contralto ernestine schumann-heink, noted for her enormous girt... cafe centralferenc molnar's affinity for the cafe central in budapest was akin to sartre's l... ironic?"an old man turned ninety-eight, he won the lottery and died the next day. it's ... spaghetti-o'sin march 1995 thomas j. grasso was executed by lethal injection for his role in ... frank lloyd wrongin 1937, frank lloyd wright was commissioned by an industrialist named hibbard j... phony solutionan unwritten rule at warner brothers studios stipulated that its founder never b... king of kingsduring the production of king of kings, director cecil b. de mille was di... james whistler & norman shawwhile leaving a friend's party one evening, james whistler, having greatly over-... clark gable: king of hollyw...clark gable's wife carole lombard once gave him a hand-knitted penis warmer as a... last judgmentwhile painting his famous "last judgment" fresco in the vatican's sistine chapel... television prankone night alice cooper decided to pull a prank on his bodyguard - by pretending ... nixon-kennedy debatein 1960, during one of the famous televised debates between presidential candida... buncha punksearly in their careers, joey ramone and his bandmates played so fast that they o... cellistduring a rehearsal one day, sir thomas beecham grew impatient with a female cell... baseball organistduring a minor league baseball game at jack russell stadium in 1985, the organis... clap of thunder"during a rehearsal for macbeth at her majesty's, sir herbert beerbohm tr... dietrich close upone day marlene dietrich railed at her photographer for producing a series of un... mark knopfler: money for no...dire straits frontman mark knopfler was once asked about the origin of the line ... paul provenza: non-smoker's..."you know what bugs me? people who smoke cigars in restaurants," paul provenza o... giuseppe verdi: aidagiuseppe verdi once received a letter from a fan who complained that his opera ... vatican wagfamed photographer yousuf karsh was once commissioned to take an official portra... trouble with age"if somebody caught fred [allen] in an act of kindness, he ducked behind a scree... high standardsmatthew arnold was famed for his staunch reserve and critical eye. his death in ... classic benchleywhile attending a hollywood party one evening the legendary humorist robert benc... stomach turner?in 2001, madonna awarded martin creed the prestigious turner prize (for excellen... smoky logiccongressman jack brady was once reproached by a young woman for smoking on an el... mother teresa: missionary o...mother teresa found her work with the missionaries of charity (which she founded... bureaucrapic process?soon after he became mayor of los angeles, richard riordan was approached by a g... 9/11 lawsuitshortly after the terrorist attacks on september 11th, 2001, a manhattan landlor... no regrets?one day, bull durham director ron shelton lit up a cigar on the set, and ... mule in lamb's clothing?charles lamb was once upbraided by a supervisor for his tardiness. "you arrive l... lang portraitthe archbishop of canterbury, cosmo gordon lang, once commissioned a portrait fr... windrow on the wold?in 1930, gordon dorrance, editor of the pocket chesterfield, wrote a curi... water clockwater clocks were used in roman courtrooms to ensure that opposing lawyers were ... keating fiveshortly after his lincoln savings and loan declared bankruptcy (with over $2 bil... fitting solution?so fond of cigars were producers dan staley, rob long and tom anderson that they... blind justiceduring court one day, judge claudia jordan quietly passed her clerk a note: "bli... john d. rockefeller: rockef...one day john d. rockefeller made a call from a pay phone - and lost his quarter.... long silence?fernandel once visited a new barbershop. having finished his handiwork, the barb... top billingnoted violinist jascha heifetz, who often played with pianist arthur rubinstein ... psycho solutionpsycho (1960), alfred hitchcock's classic thriller, is famed for its gris... husbands and wivesarthur schlesinger, jr: "i remember in 1960, when ken galbraith and i came out f... grand pungeorge selwyn once heard robert walpole remark that the british political system... up in armsin july 2003, a new action figure, modelled on the seattle public library's own ... april in parisone april, a friend of vernon duke's, inspired by his famous song "april in pari... barometerone day sir william eden peered through a window, shook his fist at the clouds, ... ferberedna ferber once wrote a letter to the new yorker's legendary founder and... for pete's sakeone christmas in the early 1980s, kiss drummer peter criss got drunk and fired a... old complaintgeorge burns was once asked, late in life, about his preference for younger wome... new yorkeralexander woollcott once attended a posh dinner party in honor of the prince of ... sympathy in e major?while riding in a taxi in new york one day, sir thomas beecham began repeatedly ... two!"marty springstead, supervisor of american league umpires, said he will never fo... off target?while traveling to a meeting with colonel house (harold wilson's adviser) one da... battle cry?in august, 1704, news was brought to louis xiv of the french army's brutal defea... wonderful evening"i have had a perfectly wonderful evening," groucho marx once declared as he was... beelinewhile goldwyn pictures chief samuel goldwyn would spare little expense acquiring... fitting attire?during a rehearsal of the revue "sigh no more" one day, noel coward was dismayed... lincoln's grantnotwithstanding his remarkable success (including the capture of fort donelson a... fitting response"mrs. stowe was leaving for florida one morning, and clemens [the young mark twa... heaven and helllord desborough was infuriated one day to find his obituary printed in ... sense of humorat the height of his fame, alexander woollcott was often mentioned in the arts c... hard 'sell?howard cosell was famed for his irascible nature. "arrogant, pompous, obnoxious,... thurlowone day during his stint at gonville and caius college, cambridge, edward thurlo... kenny rogers: o'toole incidentkenny rogers was once sued by a fan (named kevin o'toole), who alleged that a fr... john lennon: mbeone day in 1969, john lennon had his chauffeur deliver his mbe [member of the br... webbed wonderone day in may 2003, michael jackson donned a spiderman mask and burst into the ... analytical enginethe english mathematician charles babbage, famed for his invention of an early m... winston churchill: preposte...a critic once castigated winston churchill for composing a sentence which ended ... einstein's attirealbert einstein's wife often suggested that he dress more professionally when he... bad influencewhile exiting a theater one day, edward g. robinson was approached by an elderly... kelly huhushortly after her appearance in chuck russell's the scorpion king, kelly ... denis leary: asshole song"my son was taken to task at school because he taught his classmates 'the asshol... josey scott: christmas giftsaliva frontman josey scott was once asked about the gifts he had received for c... ozzy osbourne & carson daly"total request live" host carson daly once had the pleasure of meeting ozzy osbo... billy crystal: charlie brow...billy crystal once worked as house manager on a production of "you're a good man... the powers that be (long)director andy tennant anticipated having difficulty obtaining permission to film... josephine's braceletin 1929, crown prince adolf of sweden visited josephine baker in her dressing ro... young einsteinalbert einstein was a very late talker. at the dinner table one evening, he fina... oop$one night, bernard baruch received a telephone call in the middle of a dinner pa... genius for distinction?henri bernstein visited hollywood shortly before his death. "genius and geniuses... rigaudy portrait?the french painter hyacinthe rigaud was once commissioned to paint the portrait ... heaven song?mark twain's wife was not enamored of her husband's cruder domestic compositions... close quartersone day while touring with a theater company, a number of molly picon's fellow p... qotsa: songs for the deaf?in 2002, josh homme and his fellow "queens of the stone age" bandmates planned a... godfatherthough childless himself, alexander woollcott served as godparent to nineteen of... old complaint?one day in the 1930s, william butler yeats discovered a pamphlet in which a cert... sick schau"this," norwegian comedian kristopher schau declared during his act at the quart... maiden speechin 1689, the famed physicist sir isaac newton served as cambridge university's r... chef de protocol?one day in august 2002, egyptian president hosni mubarak was outraged to learn t... janis joplin: bumpedin 1969, janis joplin was invited to appear on the cover of newsweek. she... florid prose?american social critic and writer lewis mumford was not enamored with rapid urba... classic cohncolumbia studios founder harry cohn, famed for his trouble with the english lang... big sleep?many stories pertain to faulkner's ill-fated tryst with hollywood. lauren bacall... ballerinaone evening after world war ii, the legendary ballerina margot fonteyn attended ... introducing dillerafter barging into a meeting one day, universal studios ceo barry diller was int... salary cutafter one particularly bad season, new york yankees pitcher vernon gomez was ask... magic carpet ride (long)one day lucille ball learned from her agent that columbia chief harry cohn was p... justice avory"when practising at the bar the tables were once turned on mr justice avory. 'le... johnny depp & the mark hotelin september 1994, johnny depp trashed his $2,200-a-night presidential suite at ... ten commandmentsone day during the production of the ten commandments (1923), paramount c... fleabag hotel"just after the war, when i went to paris for harper's bazaar i stayed at... charmer?metropolitan opera gm joseph volpe (who once fired a stagehand on christmas eve)... joni fumesfor some time joni mitchell held a weekly social gathering (a drop-in potluck) a... mafioso monkeyone day during the production of marked woman (1937), producer hal b. wal... theory of relativesdespite their joint ownership (with albert and sam) of warner brothers studios, ... rolls royce engineering"the best headline i ever wrote," the legendary copywriter david ogilvy once rec... celebrity shroomsthe mad celebrity chef anthony bourdain was once asked whether the psychedelic e... reagan & asnerronald reagan, who had been a well-known actor before embarking upon a political... duelsainte-beuve once reluctantly agreed to fight in a duel. just as the shooting wa... jerico stone & the wgadisputed writing credits on feature films are arbitrated by the writers guild of... two bit criticwhile dining at the belvedere hotel with her husband william howard and his fami... razzamatazzzzzzlike many of his fellow moguls, columbia chief harry cohn was of eastern europea... poetic insightone day a journalist arrived at robert frost's home for an interview. "do you ha... naked incompetencein august 2003, romanian agriculture minister (and head of the romanian meteorol... david lee roth: van tantrumbefore hitting the stage at a gig one night in pueblo, colorado, van halen front... legal hellone day, two cantankerous massachusetts state senators had an argument which end... arnold's bustin 1987 the novelist a. n. wilson became enraged that poet's corner in westminst... classic cohnone day columbia studios chief harry cohn heard about a popular story called ... vice versaone new years eve, joan collins split up with boyfriend arthur loew, jr. "you're... 'umbugduring a miners' strike one year, herbert smith, the president of the miner's un... italy vs korea / 2002 world...in the 2002 world cup, co-host south korea met a powerhouse italian side in a me... peekaboo bangsin 1942, veronica lake's famous 'peek-a-boo' hairstyle (characterized by long, w... aaaaawwwwwoooooo!one saturday, a stray dog stopped by the benny family home and began howling ben... spoon gagone day on the set of elmer the great (1933), comedian joe e. brown shot ... general wolfeone of james wolfe's fellow commanders, perhaps irked by his aggressive manner, ... dissonanceone day while conducting a rehearsal of one of his more dissonant works, paul hi... augean stablesmorris cohen was once approached by a student at the end of his introductory phi... cool composureaccording to legend, john jacob astor iv was standing at the bar when the titani... concerto for orchestraserge koussevitsky generously commissioned concerto for orchestra when be... absent-minded professorthe famously absent-minded irwin edman, a close friend of book publisher bob haa... gaugh whitlam: public decla..."i do not mind the liberals, still less do i mind the country party, calling me ... for god's sakewhile traveling through rural sussex one day, young shelley was joined inside a ... steinbeckdespite his intense dislike of personal publicity, john steinbeck consented to a... tatuin march 2003, julia volkova and lena katina (the lesbian pop duo better known a... funeral horsewhen abraham lincoln was practicing law, a distant case required him to hire a h... leland haywardfamed agent leland hayward counted among his clients such film stars as judy gar... lukewarm reliefbenjamin disraeli once served as the guest of honor at a public dinner. the kitc... coach"when john mariucci was coaching the u.s. olympic hockey team, there was a time ... pointed comment"on the surrender of [john burgoyne's] british army to general gates, at saratog... lobsterswhile dining at an expensive restaurant one evening, georges feydeau was served ... perfectionistnew yorker founder harold ross once sat in on a meeting during which vari... comic timingmae west once found herself acting opposite alison skipworth. skipworth, suspect... poshwhile examining the menu at a posh new york restaurant one evening, chico marx t... grant & hurley"after 13 years," with hugh grant, elizabeth hurley complained after their split... big boldenin 2001, darryl bolden was sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping three mass... violin lessonsone evening at the height of his career, george m. cohan took his father for din... silver liningjohannes brahms once found himself cornered by a group of talkative female admir... the real phyllis diller"my photographs don't do me justice," phyllis diller once jokingly complained. "... igor stravinsky: weighty ob...igor stravinsky was once ordered by an airport official to pay a surcharge for e... bizarremichael jackson once complained about the publication of a bogus tabloid story c... neat freakhoward hughes was once dismayed to learn that one of his starlets was abandoning... b.i.g. gourmet?in 1997, biggie smalls (aka the notorious b.i.g.) cancelled a planned performanc... pmrcin the 1980s, tipper gore famously launched a campaign against profane lyrics in... aspiring artistswhile living near paris, claude monet was frequently badgered by aspiring artist... holy mosesin june 1973, israeli prime minister golda meir attended a state dinner honoring... chess metaphorduring a tournament one day, latvian chess master aron nimzowitsch complained th... wreckerswhen the opera the wreckers was first staged in 1909, influential friends... sound advice?mary pickford, the first international film star and the first to have her name ... sedition actin 1798, vermont's matthew lyon made history, becoming the first and only u.s. c... near-beer"when frederick lonsdale, the dramatist, was in america during the prohibition p... rambling speechone day when he was nearly ninety years old, a.e. matthews attended a luncheon t... donald trump: big wongerlike every billionaire celebrity, donald trump was frequently approached by fawn... wet logicthough a success as a crackhead, marion barry was, not surprisingly, a failure a... lars frederiksen: punk anticsduring an interview with muchmusic one day, rancid frontman lars frederiksen lam... te deumjean-baptiste lully, court composer to louis xiv, was once informed that his hig... damn foolfamed hungarian director michael curtiz rivaled samuel goldwyn as the emperor of... lunch breakevery day on the set before breaking for lunch, director cecil b. de mille would... age and wisdomduring greer garson's glory days, joe ruttenberg was her favorite cameraman at m... baptism scenein 1965, charlton heston appeared as john the baptist in george stevens' biblica... bishop's palacesome time after resigning his post as archbishop of dublin in 1884, richard tren... matt groening: is there a god?"simpsons" creator matt groening - who often explained that his last name rhymes... kissinger's calendarsecretary of state henry kissinger is reported to have looked at his calendar on... andy roddick: on-court anticsandy roddick earned a john mcenroe-worthy reputation for his on-court antics. "h... madonna's daughter"madonna's little daughter lourdes is the new wednesday adams!" mojo radio decla... gump worsley: troublenew york rangers goalie lorne "gump" worsley was once asked which team gave him ... boy george & eminemin october 2002, boy george attended the music of black origin (mobo) awards in ... christina aguilera: total b...one day in august 2003, christina aguilera left her darkened room at new york's ... casting anthony danielsironically, anthony daniels - famed for his role as c-3po in george lucas's ... sharon osbourne & mtvduring an interview in november 2002, sharon osbourne complained about the compl... david hasselhoff & the berl...in january 2004, former "baywatch" star david hasselhoff complained to curators ... cher: screwedlike many actresses, cher was often victimized by powerful producers. "if i'd be... brad pitt: pow!one day on the set of mr and mrs smith, brad pitt was chastised by direct... martha stewart: living with...living with martha stewart was no picnic for her husband, andy. one christmas, m... tony marcano: headlinerafter readers complained that the sacramento bee's headlines were often i... pablo escobar: drug runnerafter colombian drug kingpin pablo escobar escaped from a minimal security priso... john young: the fartsthe following transcript details a conversation between charles duke and john yo... pluto geeksat the turn of the millennium, the hayden planetarium (at the rose center for ea... james cameron: what are you...during the production of aliens, sigourney weaver complained about the us... al franken: stump the caree...al franken: "i get to l.a. with [writing partner] tom davis. we've been in show ... lord longford: humilitythe late lord longford once burst into a london bookshop to scold the staff for ... alan king: hotel gradusthe legendary comedian alan king was fired from one of his earliest jobs, at the... maura kennedy: cheap datemaura kennedy: "this guy took me to a coffee house for a dollar tea, then starts... paul gauguin: starving artistone day, paul gauguin composed a letter complaining that his poverty was so seve... cloudy dayring lardner was once asked about a recent trip he had taken to england. "there'... bad protocall?caninius revilus had the distinction of serving as consul for a single day. when... sind sie ein dummkopf!?one evening while touring with sigur rós in germany, drowning pool frontman jons... already?noted conductor fritz busch was emphatic in his dedication to orchestral delicac... harping on?for years without fail, whenever samuel goldwyn and groucho marx met, goldwyn's ... pablo picasso: portrait of ...in 1906, gertrude stein had her portrait painted by picasso. to call the collabo... gold minewhen jerry reinsdorf (with the assistance of state governor jim thompson) duped ... old complaint?shortly after luring his parents from rural new england to the west coast, the w... aerosmith: backstage tantrumon the opening night of aerosmith's first japanese tour, frontman steven tyler a... treed off?winston churchill, an amateur painter, was once asked why he chose to paint land... ain't it true?dizzy dean, famed for his haphazard diction and grammar, was once accused of ser... muffinone morning yogi berra had breakfast with a sports writer who later became incen... sweet toothso pronounced was eleanor roosevelt's fondness for sweetbreads that they once ap... deathbed confessorone day toward the end of his life, malherbe, a poet famed for his obsession wit... staminaa prostitute was once asked whether mickey rooney had stamina in the bedroom. "a... head coachin 1981, legendary dallas cowboys coach tom landry was asked about being the onl... soothing beerbohm?when he was a schoolboy, max beerbohm's mother came to visit him one day at char... second fiddlebeethoven, who believed that he was communing with god while composing, spared n... private melbournelord melbourne, not noted for his appreciation of religious experience, was once... golden rule?such was the enviable brilliance of turner's colors that many artists dreaded ha... bird brainaugustus often spent princely sums on birds which had been specially trained to ... fifth memberthe duc d'aumale, noted for his youthful affairs, felt his powers failing with a... wishing well?a child prodigy, william betty's early stage success inspired such a multitude o... pure heartbeethoven once dismissed a housekeeper for telling a lie. nanette streicher, who... slobodan milosevic"as the showdown over kosovo neared, [united nations ambassador] richard holbroo... hdtv?"we already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults,"... broadcasting blooperlike most broadcasters, paula yates was not immune to verbal bloopers. during a ... timeless advicehubert humphrey was once given a word of writerly advice by his wife, muriel. "h... olivier's beefsir laurence olivier once held a press conference in london to complain about th... val kilmer: trouble on the setval kilmer cultivated a reputation for being difficult on the set. while filming... vienna opera"once [birgit nilsson] was negotiating a contract with herbert von karajan, at t... author's advancethe producer george edwardes was once asked for an advance which would enable a ... tolkien's lord of the ringsj. r. r. tolkien, a mild-mannered professor of ancient languages at oxford, was ... golfer's excuse"there is a story of [legendary punch editor] owen seaman, as a golfer, m... razor quartetin 1789, the london publisher john bland traveled to vienna in search of new wor... thai entrepreneurin july 2003 thai "massage parlour" entrepreneur chuwit kamolwisit complained th... rough remark"jim thorpe, the american golfer and 1982 canadian open champion, flew to turnbe... gilbert in a pickleamong w. s. gilbert's neighbors at grims dyke (his mansion in stanmore just outs... tysonshortly after mike tyson's rape conviction and imprisonment, writer wallace matt... ali babaone evening berlioz attended the debut performance of ali baba, an opera ... perfect villainthe appearance of wilkie collins' the woman in white (in 1860), featuring... cromwell's portraitwhile viewing an exhibition of paintings of english royalty by the renowned port... ice sculpture (long)"american actor walter o'keefe, invited to address a convention of chiropodists ... havana pridearthur schlesinger, jr., an avid cigar smoker, once had lunch with a beautiful w... environmental affairs commi...in 1993, the actor ed begley, jr. - a vegetarian who lives in a solar-powered ho... dri humoras a member of parliament, tom driberg developed an infuriating method of dealin... true patriotas president-elect, john f. kennedy named four of adlai stevenson's law partners... american tyranywhen the philippines was transferred from spain (on april 11th, 1899) following ... tom jones: panty-flinging fanstom jones once complained that his panty-flinging fans often caused performance ... shadowone day arno dosch-fleurot, reporting from russia in the years following the rus... wac logoin july 2003, sombat tanprasertsuk, chief of the country's diseases control depa... horse sense"i was complaining to balanchine one day about the scarcity of documentary mater... augean stability?the stock market crash in 1929 and the subsequent great depression made for an e... black comedypeter shaffer's black comedy examines the consequences of the lights goin... gun punone day in the late 1800s, p. t. barnum was approached by his principle attracti... two bits?one of james thurber's rival cartoonists once approached harold ross with a rath... boo... hoo hoo?within months of her "american idol" victory, kelly clarkson's "girl next door" ... wonderful spectaclethough america's founding fathers appreciated france's spiritual support of thei... matzoafter her divorce from joe dimaggio in 1955, marilyn monroe made a bid for respe... the victorian eraduring the 1897 diamond jubilee, edward was often called upon to represent his d... prima donnaelton john's temper tantrums (known as "reggie's little moments") are a thing of... egg hashgeorge moore once fired six cooks in three weeks. when one of these men summoned... getting a lewinskysome time after it was revealed that president bill clinton had been conducting ... film adaptationjohn le carre was at best ambivalent about film adaptations. "having your book t... a-zzzzzduring a series of meetings with the famously voluble eamon de valera one year, ... royal devotion?mme d'esparbes, one of louis's many mistresses, was noted for her promiscuity: "... mouthyone day a woman complained to john singer sargent about his treatment of her mou... stravinsky tantrumigor stravinsky once railed against several critics who had panned his work. 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