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-- Ayn Rand We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction.
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-- Samuel Butler Saying that Windows95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that looks like Jesus and
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A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
-- Christopher Morley There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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-- Billy Sunday Goodbye, Everybody!
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With Kate's allurements smitten,
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Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain
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Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
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