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To be a working journalist one needs tact, aplomb, a wide general knowledge, an inventive mind, a faculty for quick action, a nose for news, an ear for scandal, and a mouth for drinking purposes. Also a pencil and some paper. The last three items are absolutely essential.

— Lennie Lower

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A gentleman should not talk to a lady with his hands in his pockets-unless she's his wife, in which case it's unavoidable.

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All his life he had desired to have a little place to himself: now he's got it.

The careful hostess will see that the jam is tastefully displayed. A little crepe paper around the tins will easily fix this.

Blood is thicker than water. But then, so is soup.

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