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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible
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The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
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A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
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I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
-- Woody Allen Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and the locker
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-- Russell Baker Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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-- Countess of Blessington A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take
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-- Ralph Marston Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to
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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
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