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Ben Hecht

"There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."

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"There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it."

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"One of my father's RULES FOR LIFE was to marry a woman who was smarter than you. "I did this," he would say to me, "and you should do it, too. I say, why do all the thinking?"

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