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G C Lichtenberg: Every man has...

G C Lichtenberg: Every man has...

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible...

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G C Lichtenberg: Good taste is...

G C Lichtenberg: Good taste is...

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this...

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G C Lichtenberg: Man is a...

G C Lichtenberg: Man is a...

Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their...

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G C Lichtenberg: We often have...

G C Lichtenberg: We often have...

We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

Alberta Hunter: I'm not living...

I'm not living the blues; I'm just singing for the women who think they can't speak out. Can't a man alive mistreat...

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Ma Rainey: If you don't...

Ma Rainey: If you don't...

If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea
Stay out of my valley and let my mountain...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: She is descended...

Gypsy Rose Lee: She is descended...

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

Source: In An...

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Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

Elayne Boosler: I'm just a...

I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body.

Source: In Words of Women...

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George Carlin: I went straight...

George Carlin: I went straight...

I went straight from shenanigans to crimes against humanity.

Source: In The...

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George Carlin: Comedy is a...

George Carlin: Comedy is a...

Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside...

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George Gobel: Did you ever...

George Gobel: Did you ever...

Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown...

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George Gobel: Never put off...

George Gobel: Never put off...

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today -- for tomorrow's gonna be bad enough as it...

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George Gobel: I have never...

George Gobel: I have never...

I have never been drunk, but I've often been overserved.

Source: In Webster's...

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Bernice Johnson Reagon: I learned that...

Bernice Johnson Reagon: I learned that...

I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you...

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Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become...

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Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Sophia Loren: Getting ahead in...

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent...

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Roseanne Barr: It's okay to...

Roseanne Barr: It's okay to...

It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

Source:...

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Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

Lily Tomlin: If truth is...

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library?

Source: In...

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