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Almost a quote

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot worse about myself. – Jane Wagner

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Monday, June 29th, 2009

I’ve gone into hundreds of [fortune-teller's parlors], and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to pay her. – New York City detective

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Friday, June 26th, 2009

If Jesus had been killed 20 years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little blue Chairs around their necks instead of crosses. – Lenny Bruce

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Thursday, June 25th, 2009

I won’t say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I’m going to be when I grow up. – Lenny Bruce

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

An economist is a man who knows a hundred ways of making money but doesn’t know any women. – Art Buchwald

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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

In Beverly Hills…they don’t throw their ideas away. They make it into television shows. – Woody Allen

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Monday, June 22nd, 2009

A man doesn’t know what happiness is until he’s dead. By then it’s too late. – Frank Sinatra

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Friday, June 19th, 2009

The real problem is what to do with problem spoilers after the problem is solved. – Gay Talese

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Thursday, June 18th, 2009

When a piece gets difficult, make friends. – Vladimir Horowitz

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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for good reasons. – Bertrand Russell

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