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• Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?
• Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for…
• Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
• 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,…
• There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our…
• A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
• Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
• 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…
• Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.
• Remember, your body needs 6 to 8 glasses of fluid daily. Straight up or on the rocks.
• Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It…
• 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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