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"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."
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"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."

"Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly."

"All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm."

"So the guy that we're really targeting our system at this year is one of the guys who brought a 16bit system three or four years ago and has pretty much had it with that, and he's ready to buy something new."

"You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good."
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