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The fellow who can pay only twenty-five cents to see a ball game always will be just as welcome at Comiskey Park… — Charles Comiskey Copy Share Image
I've probably got the most loyal hardcore fans in the music business. You know, I can sit around, go fishing, do ten… — Hank Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
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Katy was neither a Methodist nor a Masochist. She was a goddess and the silence of goddesses is genuinely golden. None of… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Twenty years from now if there is some obscure trivial pursuits question, I am confident I will be the answer. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
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There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done… — Prince Philip Copy Share Image
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