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"...a certain gentleman who shall be nameless - being already possessed of all the other characteristics of one born out of wedlock..."
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'That bl00dy Police helicopter again'
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Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty- five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
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He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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"War is god's way of teaching Americans geography"
- Ambrose BierceIf you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws"
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“All of us have a homosexual part of 25%, which I also have. The only thing is that I, after a profound examination, have realised that my homosexual part is lesbian.”
- Silvio BerlusconiIf you think my attitude stinks, you should smell my fingers.Comment
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"Who are you, and how did you get in here?"
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