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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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The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life.
— George Santayana
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I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what…
— Barbara Kruger
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As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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The early industrialists were for the most part men who had their origin in the same social strata from which their workers…
— Ludwig von Mises
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I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about…
— Fisher Ames
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I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and…
— James Denton
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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming,…
— Plato
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Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying. In return, he owes it to…
— Karl Popper
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A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her…
— Ellen G. White
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You wonderful girls, dress modestly and keep yourselves physically clean. Be cheerful and happy. Be positive about life. Then the Holy Spirit…
— F. Melvin Hammond
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Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True…
— J.R. Miller
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