"We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion."

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"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed."

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