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" Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House. "

Hedy Lamarr

Always

White

House

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Hedy Lamarr

Without

Mean

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" Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical. "

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" One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more. "

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