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-- George Bernard Shaw If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.
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A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
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I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put
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-- Ed Howe A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference
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- Goethe Monteriggioni
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
-- Aldous Huxley I shall return.
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