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- A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
- Alben W. Barkley, U.S Vice President (1949-1953)
- No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
- Wystan Hugh Auden
- It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
- Frank Moore Colby
- In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to?
- Bette Midler (1945 - )
- Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
- Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
- The right to vote is a *consequence*, not a primary cause, of a free social system -- and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny.
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
- Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, especially if the goods are worthless.
- Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
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