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“ It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. ”

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Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

~ Robert Benchley

The only cure for a real hangover is death.

~ Robert Benchley

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

~ Robert Benchley

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.

~ Robert Benchley