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Barnacles Quote by Fred Allen

“On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach…” quote by Fred Allen — Download Open image

“On ships they call them barnacles; in business they attach themselves to desks and are called vice presidents.”

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I tell people I'm big in the music business like a barnacle is big in shipping.

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Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.

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Love." She looked at me with those blue eyes. "Isn't it astonishing how confused and complicated such a small,simple word is? It attracts so…

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