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Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.


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The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.



If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.



If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.



I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.



I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.



Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake.



A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.



How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.

How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.





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I hope to shine through my transparency and just let people know that we are all the same. I want children to look at things different like "You're shining too! You just shine in a different way."

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