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"Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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"I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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"The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing."
Family
"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people."
People
"Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune."
Music
"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed."
Happiness
"When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money."
Money
"Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them."
Man
"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."
Hospitality
"The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store."
Home
"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil."
Peace
"Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it."
Money
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