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"They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee."
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"Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents."

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"Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else."

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"I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich."

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