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When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.


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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.



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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.



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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.



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I'm in favor of liberalizing immigration because of the effect it would have on restaurants. I'd let just about everybody in except the English.



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