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"It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice."

"American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties."

"I'd cap the total amount of income taxes paid by Americans to no more than 25 percent and tax all income only once."

"Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth."

"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

"American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows."

"Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn't?"
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"Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs."

"Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women."

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"

"It was a lack of system that made the '30s Depression as inevitable as all others previously suffered."

"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."

"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."
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