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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.


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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.



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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.



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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.



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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.



Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.

Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.





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