“I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'”
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Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down.
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There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.
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I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
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Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
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