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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 25, 2026
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
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Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), Notebooks, 1912  
The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.
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Martin Mull (1943 - )  
Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.
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Philip Guedalla (1889 - 1944)  
Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
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Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)  
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