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"Politicians look for interests not people."

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him."

"Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage."

"I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away."

"One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more."

"I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way."

"I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode."

"I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance."

"I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick."

"Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat."

"To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty."
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