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The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.


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All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening.



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There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.



It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!



All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.



I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.



Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.



At 83, George Bernard Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

At 83, George Bernard Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.



To all things clergic I am allergic.

To all things clergic I am allergic.



A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't go.

A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't go.



One listens to one's lawyer prattle on as long as one can stand it and then signs where indicated.

One listens to one's lawyer prattle on as long as one can stand it and then signs where indicated.





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My calling is to preach the love of God and the forgiveness of God and the fact that he does forgive us.

My calling is to preach the love of God and the forgiveness of God and the fact that he does forgive us.



The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies.

The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies.



All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram.

All my life I have lied. I lied to escape, I lied to be loved, I lied for placement and power; I lied to lie. It was a way of living; lies are life's almost-anagram.



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Unsung, the noblest deed will die.



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The mob is easily led and may be moved by the smallest force, so that its agitations have a wonderful resemblance to those of the sea.



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