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What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things? — George Villiers
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. — Henry Ward Beecher
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him. — Richard Steele
What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? — Evelyn Waugh
Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that… — Wolcott Gibbs
I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to take Early Wynn… — Al Lopez
Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft. — Billy Mitchell
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. — Lois McMaster Bujold
It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say… — Brad Sherman
Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy… — Manfred von Richthofen
Women can break down barriers to opportunity, and men, many of them reluctantly, have learned to relate to women as their equals in thought and… — Suzanne Fields
No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what… — James Harrington
They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything… — Harold H. Greene
Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. — Jared Diamond
Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me. — Moira Kelly
After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which… — Ellsworth Huntington
Segregation never brought anyone anything except trouble. — Paul Harris
And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose, said right; and it is equally true that the curb… — William Cavendish
It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there. — Sam Kinison
Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race. — David Prowse

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