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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a "learning experience." Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a "learning experience." It makes me feel less stupid.
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If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
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A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
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Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
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