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-- Will Rogers Radio
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
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I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!
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-- Rebecca West, Radio
All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.
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-- Martin Luther King, Jr. Radio
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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
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-- Rich Little Radio
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all
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-- English Professor, Ohio University He who laughs last didn't get it.
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Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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-- Katharine Hepburn Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get
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"One of the great dangers in having a career is getting bored." (Itzhak Perlman) Marriage is a trip between Niagara Falls and Reno. Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.
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- Saint Augustine It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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