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- A painter should not paint what he sees but what should be seen.
- Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
- As an anti-American, I thank you for your rotten article devoted to my person.
- Prince Sihanouk in a letter to Time magazine
- If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
- Woody Allen (1935 - )
- Never get married while you're going to college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
- Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
- I have never found in a long experience of politics that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
- Harold Macmillan (1894 - 1986), British prime minister (1957-1963)
- It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.
- Martin Mull (1943 - )
- Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- The first kiss is stolen by the man; the last is begged by the woman.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- After a year in therapy, my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone."
- Larry Brown
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