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“It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.” — Groucho Marx

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“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.” — Alfred Hitchcock

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“All great men are monsters.” — Honoré de Balzac

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“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.” — Aristotle

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“Communism is like one big phone company.” — Lenny Bruce

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“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I’ve ever known.” — Walt Disney

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“History is more or less bunk.” — Henry Ford

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“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.” — Cary Grant

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“Rock ‘n’ roll is phony and false, and sung, written, and played for the most part by cretinous goons.” — Frank Sinatra, 1957

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“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” — Goethe

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