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Let them call us nonentities. Who cares? A nonentity can be just as famous as anybody else if enough people know about him.
But let’s leave personalities out of this and just talk about me.

— Gracie Allen How to Become President (1940)

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Who am I to talk? That’s a fair question, and one which deserves a better answer than I can give you.

How to Become President (1940)

Cultivate friendships. If you don’t have time to cultivate all of them, plow under every fifth one and collect your bonus.

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Now, I don’t pretend to know all the answers. I’m just a plain, ordinary, everyday genius who loves her fellow-man whenever possible.

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Try to understand me. Nothing is impossible.

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It’s silly to think that Presidents are born, because very few people are 35 years old at birth, and those who are won’t admit it.

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