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All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening.

— Alexander Woollcott Attributed various sources. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989)

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Wikiquote lists this as attributed to Alexander Woollcott, but no primary source has been found.

Source: in various sources. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989). Sometimes heard, "immoral, illegal, fattening, or too expensive".
Work: various sources. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations, 1989
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