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Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good
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All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning
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In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.
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History repeats itself; that's one of the things that's wrong with history.
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