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I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

— Bill Cosby Misattributed

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Let the message be known to bigots and racists that they don’t count!

The weatherman is always right, It's his timing that's off.

The only thing that you can get into without a lot of trouble is a lot of trouble.

If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.

Himself (1983)

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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