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-- G. K. Chesterton Food Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in
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A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he is finished.
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Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not
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- definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy Food Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
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-- Anon. Food
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I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
-- Benjamin Disraeli There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
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-- George Bernard Shaw Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
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There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't.
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