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"It is comic that a mentally disordered man picks up any piece of granite and carries it around because he thinks it is money, and in the same way it is comic that Don Juan has 1,003 mistresses, for the number simply indicates that they have no value. Therefore, one should stay within one's means in the use of the word "love"."

"The line from Pulp Fiction-the one Samuel L. Jackson shouts at John Travolta as they're trying to wash blood off their hands-pops into my head: 'I used the same soap you did and when I dried my hands, the towel didn't look like no fuckin' maxi-pad!' I almost-almost-share this most quotable of cinematic quotes with him, when I remember it contains The Word. You know: 'maxi-pad."

"The place where we don't agree is on whether there should be some restraint on insurance companies and whether they should be allowed to run wild. We believe there should be some restraint; some on the other side don't think so."

"After one and a half cocktails, finding the appropriate response is a bit of a challenge. I finally say, 'Thank you for inviting me,' and leave the less desirable 'Want to play strip poker?' in the unscrupulous part of my brain where it belongs."
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"Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier."
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