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" All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. "
Fact
Children
Most
" Andy Warhol made fame more famous. "
More
Famous
Made
" As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. "
Happy
You
Teen
" Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. "
Ask
Your
Only
" Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football. "
Women
Woman
Good
" Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq. "
Texas
Calling
Iraq
" Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat. "
Easy
Most
Fun
" Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. "
Step
Business
Dance
" Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully. "
Off
Like
Carry
" Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching. "
Watching
Child
Day
" Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add. "
Anything
Sex
Bother
" Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. "
Obvious
Even
Children
" Food is an important part of a balanced diet. "
Important
Diet
Food
" Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. "
Talk
People
Great
" Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. "
Book
Just
School
" Humility is no substitute for a good personality. "
Good
Substitute
Personality
" I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. "
Play
Lottery
Chance
" If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. "
Dog
Your
You
" If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words. "
Suicide
Words
Speak
" If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct. "
Him
Serious
Future
" If you're going to America, bring your own food. "
Food
You
America
" I must take issue with the term 'a mere child', for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. "
Take
Adult
Company
" I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood? "
Wonder
Who
Smart
" I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota. "
Because
Wanted
Never
" In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. "
Algebra
Life
Real
" In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. "
Democracy
Communism
Capitalism
" I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit. "
People
Value
Place
" I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. "
Lottery
Your
You
" Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. "
Sleep
Something
You
" My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. "
Speech
Freedom
Freedom Of Speech
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