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“ The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil. ”

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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

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Nothing can come out of an artist that is not in the man.

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy but that it is a bore.

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A prohibitionist is the sort of man one wouldn't care to drink with - even if he drank.

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