I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well.
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There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.Don Marquis
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It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
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I would rather start a family than finish one.
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Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.
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