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Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible a plea as baseball in Italian.

— George Jean Nathan

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The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

I have no patriotism, for patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

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