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"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."
"When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically."
"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave."
"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
"I daresay something will happen, between now and '91, to make your fortunes look up."
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"I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."
"The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed."
"All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting."
"I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print."
"No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails."
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