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Winston S. Churchill
“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”
Winston S. Churchill

John Wayne
“Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.”
John Wayne

Marie Antoinette
“When everyone else is losing their heads, it is important to keep yours.”
Marie Antoinette

Mark Twain
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
Mark Twain

John Steinbeck
“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's
why.”
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

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