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It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet
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lonesome.
T. S. Eliot

Women at that time were supposed to look pretty and throw little
handkerchiefs around... well, I couldn\'t play that role.
Louise Nevelson

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The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit
to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his
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We should measure welfare\'s success by how many people leave welfare, not
by how many are added.
Ronald Reagan