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Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for…
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Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
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The neo-hippie-dips, the sentimentality-crazed iguana anthropomorphizers, the Chicken Littles, the three-bong-hit William Blakes- thank God these people don't actually go outdoors much,…
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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our…
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A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is…
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Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
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Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
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Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It…
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You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak - something you…
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As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
— Albert Camus
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One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and…
— Unknown Author
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— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation…
— Thomas Naylor
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In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long…
— Hal Higdon
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
— A J Liebling
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The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears - as the song of birds,…
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the…
— January Jones
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Certainly from the ????standpoint of a Republican, it’s a winner. Republicans will come out ahead in Pennsylvania in every election. The way…
— Rick Santorum
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I loved doing Cee Lo’s Bright Lights in the Big City. That was definitely a favorite of mine, because I love to…
— Skylar Astin
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There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see…
— Roger Ebert
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My first year in L.A. I felt lost in that big city. It's easy to be tumbled around and not figure out…
— Steve Aoki
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