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W. C. Fields Quotes: You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.
         

You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.


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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.



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



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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.

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