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Begin Quotes by Stephen Leacock
- When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.
- If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library.…
- The road comes to an end just when it ought to be getting somewhere. The passengers alight, shaken and weary, to begin, all over again,…
- A barber is by nature and inclination a sport. He can tell you at what exact hour the ball game is to begin, can foretell…
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