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-- Milton Friedman Laundry increases exponentially in the number of children.
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-- George Burns Publications A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence
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-- David Deckert Publications I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
- Mark Twain "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously u I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to
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-- Mark Twain Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger.
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-- Abraham Lincoln "If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." (Frank Zappa) Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and
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- Andrew Marvell Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
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