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There was once a professor of law who said to his students. When you are fighting a case, if you have facts on your side… — W. Somerset Maugham
Attaching significance to invariants is an effort to recognize what, because of its form or colour or meaning or otherwise, is important or significant in… — Herbert Turnbull
After a hundred years the son of the King then reigning, who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, was a-hunting on… — Charles Perrault
I asked a coughing friend of mine why he doesn't stop smoking. 'In this town it wouldn't do any good,' he explained. 'I happen to… — Robert Sylvester
Nothing changed in my life since I work all the time," Pamuk said then. "I've spent 30 years writing fiction. For the first 10 years… — Orhan Pamuk
[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing.… — Robin Williams
If I were asked to name one aspect of tennis that is the biggest weakness of players of all levels, I would probably say concentration.… — Ken Rosewall
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am… — Ellen Terry
Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live. — Lucy Ellmann
Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what,… — Patricia Buckley
One day one of my little nephews came up to me and asked me if the equator was a real line that went around the… — Jack Handey
I wish I lived on a planet that had two suns-regular sun and "rogue" sun. That way, when somebody asked me what time it was,… — Jack Handey
I remember one day I was at Grandpa's farm and I asked him about sex. He sort of smiled and said, "Maybe instead of telling… — Jack Handey
When this girl at the museum asked me who I liked better, Monet or Manet, I said, "I like mayonnaise." She just stared at me,… — Jack Handey
I wish I lived back in the Old West days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a… — Jack Handey
Sometimes I wish Marta were more loyal to me. Like the other day. The car parked next to ours had a real dirty windshield; so… — Jack Handey
Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this game of life… — Mickey Rooney
A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence — Alan Green
On being asked by Channel 4's Derek Thompson if he owned horses - No, son. I don't like anything that eats while I sleep. — Larry Hagman
Once after Barefoot In the Park had been playing for about a week I went back to see it, watching the audience, which was just… — Simon Neil

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