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“The way I read Billy Carter's testimony, he was a model citizen himself until the voters went and ruined his life by making his brother President.”

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People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

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Perhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.

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Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

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“All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You'll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He must identify…

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If bumblebee leavings and stump paste are so good for you, why can't any of those guys (in the health stores) grow full beards?

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At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

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Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.

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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.

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Fairs are good places to eat, particularly for stand-up eaters--which is one of the kinds of eaters I am, although when I eat standing…

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Luckily, the bullet that hit my chest never got to me. It was stopped by a silver case I got for my brother's wedding.

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If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small…

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The only way to make sure that the Hand didn't get to you would have been to kill your brother. I could've done it,…

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Sister + brother = a lovely family

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There ain't no such thing as black Muslims. That's how they tried to cut off all my brothers in the rest of the world…

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Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

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Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he nodded…

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