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title: "4 Tape Measure Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/the-stopwatch-doesn-t-lie-the-tape-measure-doesn-t-lie/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

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> [ He \[Groucho's father\] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/he-groucho-s-father-had-absolutely-no-training-and-if-you-had-ever-2/)

[Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/groucho-marx-788_accurate_he-groucho-s-father-had-absolutely-no-tr_2679609.jpg)

> [I was going to thrash them within an inch of their lives, but I didn't have a tape measure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/i-was-going-to-thrash-them-within-an-inch-of-their-lives-but-i-didn-t/)

[Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/)

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> [The tape measure doesn't lie. Get that tape measure out and put it on your hips and your waist. Keep checking it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-lalanne/the-tape-measure-doesn-t-lie-get-that-tape-measure-out-and-put-it-on/)

[Jack LaLanne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-lalanne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/jack-lalanne-2498_calories_the-tape-measure-doesn-t-lie-get-that-ta_2960086.png)

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