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"I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in."
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"Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour."

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"Sometimes while gazing at the night's sky, I imagine stars looking down making wishes on the brightest of us."

"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."

"I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see."

"There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers."

"And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw."

"It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions."
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"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions."

"At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them."

"I took Beetle home thinking that after the Korean War was over, I would have to take him out of the Army. I thought, well, what am I going to do with him?"

"The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived."

"When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine."

"I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars."
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