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“He talked a lot about girls, too. His brother, Sam Houston Johnson, recalls that more than once, when he visited his brother at San Marcos, Lyndon, coming back into the room naked after a shower, would take his penis in his hand, and say: “Well, I’ve gotta take ol’ Jumbo here and give him some exercise. I wonder who I’ll fuck tonight.”
― The Path to Power
― The Path to Power
“There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.”
― Company
― Company
“I say, there is no darkness
but ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled than
the Egyptians in their fog.”
― Twelfth Night
but ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled than
the Egyptians in their fog.”
― Twelfth Night
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