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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: A man doesn't...

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: A man doesn't...

A man doesn't automatically get my respect. He has to get down in the dirt and beg for it.

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Robert Orben: A vacation is...

Robert Orben: A vacation is...

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.

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Jelly Roll Morton: I have been...

Jelly Roll Morton: I have been...

I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit....

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Bobby McFerrin: The true musician...

Bobby McFerrin: The true musician...

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

Source: c.1985; in My...

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Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry. ....

Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry. ....

Don't Worry. . . Be Happy.

Source: Song title; found at Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi...

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Walt Disney: [Being a celebrity]...

Walt Disney: [Being a celebrity]...

[Being a celebrity] doesn't even seem to keep the fleas off our dogs -- and if being a celebrity won't give me an...

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Gilda Radner: Comedy is very...

Gilda Radner: Comedy is very...

Comedy is very controlling -- you are making people laugh. It is there in the phrase 'making people laugh.' You feel...

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Steve Martin: I believe entertainment...

Steve Martin: I believe entertainment...

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you are an...

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George Burns: Smartness runs in...

George Burns: Smartness runs in...

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five...

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Woody Allen: The universe is...

Woody Allen: The universe is...

The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind -- a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you've just...

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Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The length of...

Alfred Hitchcock: The length of...

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

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Bill Monroe: Bluegrass has brought...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass has brought...

Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at...

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Victor Borge: I know [canned...

Victor Borge: I know [canned...

I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get...

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Adam Smith: What can be...

Adam Smith: What can be...

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear...

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Walter Bagehot: What impresses men...

Walter Bagehot: What impresses men...

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

Source: The English...

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Walter Bagehot: A family on...

Walter Bagehot: A family on...

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. . . . It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty...

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Walter Bagehot: In early times...

Walter Bagehot: In early times...

In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it...

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Walter Bagehot: An ambassador is...

Walter Bagehot: An ambassador is...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

Source: The English...

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Thorstein Veblen: In point of...

Thorstein Veblen: In point of...

In point of substantial merit -- the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing and...

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